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ELECTRICITY CRISIS: AJEGUNLE RESIDENTS HOLD PROTEST

The No Payment for Darkness, No Disconnection campaign initiated last April by the Ajegunle, Lagos, branch of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) under the aegis

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of Ajegunle Peoples' Movement (APM) continued with a protest on Thursday 18 May, 2017.

The protest recorded a turnout of about 250 people comprising old and young, unemployed youths, workers and pensioners, traders, artisans, students and others, were from different neigbourhoods in the community.




For over two months the masses in the community have actively participated in the campaign, which had once forced the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), Apapa, on 25 April, 2017 to call for a negotiation with community leaders.

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