The Federal High Court in Lagos has barred Ikeja Electric Plc and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission from applying, administering, and/or implementing the putative pricing outlined in the April 2024 Supplementary Order on pricing Increase on “Bank A” Feeders.
The court ruled on Tuesday that the tariff included those released by Ikeja Electric on April 4 and/or the May 2024 Supplementary Order On Tariff Increase On “Band A” published on May 6 on a company called Rida National Plastics Limited, according to The Punch.
Justice Chukwujeku Aneke issued the interim injunction after hearing an ex parte motion brought by Rida National Plastics’ lawyer, Dr. Kemi Pinheiro (SAN), alongside F. Giwa Esq. and I. Aderibigbe Esq.
The judge ordered that the order remain in effect until IKEDC and NERC fully comply with Section 51 of the Electricity Act of 2023, as well as the hearing and determination of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction.
Rida National Plastics is the plaintiff/applicant in the FHC/L/CS/1051/2024 litigation, with Ikeja Electric PLC and NERC serving as the first and second defendants/respondents, respectively.
Justice Aneke also temporarily restrained the first and second defendants from imposing a payment of N20 million on the plaintiff, which is the balance owed on the purported electricity bill dated May 4, 2024, calculated using the April 2024 Supplementary Order on Tariff Increase on “Band A” Feeders and/or the May 2024 Supplementary Order on Tariff Increase on “Band A”.
Also, the interim injunction restrained IKEDC and NERC “from intimidating and threatening to disconnect or disconnecting” Rida National Plastics’ electricity supply for non-compliance with the purported tariff.
He adjourned the litigation until July 9, 2024, for the hearing of the motion on notice filed concurrently with the current ex-parte application.
