Military Officers Invade Ikeja Electric Office, ‘Assault Staff, Steal Laptops, Phones’ [Video]

The Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) has confirmed that more than a dozen military personnel from the Air Force base at Sam Ethnan Barracks, Ikeja, Lagos, attacked the company’s head office.

Speaking to Vanguard over the phone, IKEDC spokesperson, Kingsley Okotie revealed that the uniformed men arrived in a truck and physically assaulted several IKEDC employees early Thursday morning, March 6, 2025.

“They came in with their truck, beating the staff of our company. They even took my laptop, and now most staff can’t find their phones since they left. They came in around 8 a.m. this morning, Thursday, March 6th, 2025,” he said.

Explaining the reason behind the attack, Okotie stated that the Air Force base had been disconnected from the power grid 10 days earlier due to an outstanding debt of over N4 billion.

“They molested and assaulted our staff. They went away with about 16 of our vehicles with our drivers driving them at one point, they destroyed all our offices, stole laptops, phones, and destroyed all our IT infrastructure, blinding all the cameras CCTV,” he added.

Videos from the incident showed armed military personnel inside the premises, with at least seven employees forced to kneel while others were physically attacked. Several workers were seen fleeing for safety.

Watch the video below:

Nigerian Military did not pay their electric bills, so their electricity was cut off.

Guess what they did next? Today, they stormed Ikeja Electric Office and started brutalizing the staff. This is Nigeria.

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— Rinu Oduala 🔥🔫 (@SavvyRinu) March 6, 2025

Ikeja Electric Staff run for dear life as Nigerian military officers storm their office and brutalize them over unpaid electric bills.

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— Rinu Oduala 🔥🔫 (@SavvyRinu) March 6, 2025

Soldiers at Ikeja Electric?

Dem no get lights for barracks?pic.twitter.com/0Fs1V2pjl4

— POOJA!!! (@PoojaMedia) March 6, 2025

I unequivocally and wholeheartedly denounce the brutal actions of military personnel who invaded and assaulted workers at Ikeja Electric in Lagos. This unacceptably egregious behavior was reportedly perpetrated by men of the Nigerian Air Force @NigAirForce and these officers must… pic.twitter.com/STi8BpshEC

— Omoyele Sowore (@YeleSowore) March 6, 2025

KanyiDaily recently reported how a group of retired military personnel disrupted operations at the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja, protesting over unpaid entitlements.