A Nigerian lady has taken to social media to expose her sister’s landlord for allegedly tapping electricity from her newly rented apartment in Lagos.
The lady, tweeting under the handle @ps_wears on X (formerly Twitter), narrated the incident, revealing how her sister’s generator suddenly started malfunctioning just days after purchase.
The sister had relocated to Lagos and, to ensure comfort bought a generator that could power both her refrigerator and air conditioner.
However, after just five days, the generator could no longer handle the load.
In her post, she explained, “We bought a big generator last week and it carried both the fridge and air-conditioner comfortably. Only to discover five days later that the generator can no longer carry her fridge or air-conditioner.”
When her sister initially complained, she considered returning the generator to the seller, but @ps_wears suspected foul play and decided to investigate.
“When she complained, she wanted to return it, but I started laughing because I knew what was going on,” she said.
Determined to resolve the issue, the online vendor described her plan, stating, “I got my tools for mass destruction. My own is to turn on the gen, increase it, and everywhere will set with ‘gba gbo gba’ (sparks)…”
On Monday, after conducting a thorough investigation, it was confirmed that the landlord and another tenant were illegally tapping electricity from her sister’s generator.
“We turned on the generator, and two houses in the compound had light – the landlord’s house and one tenant’s. We did a video recording as evidence because some people can deny it later,” she explained.
As soon as the generator was turned on, the increased load caused a loud spark from the two houses, exposing the culprits. “Both the tenant and the landlord’s son came out but couldn’t say anything. They went back into the tenant’s house because they knew what had just happened,” she added.
The following day, her sister received a message from the landlord, informing her that a meeting had been called to address the power issues in the compound.
This incident comes amidst ongoing discussions in Nigeria about electricity tariffs. In April, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission announced the removal of subsidies for customers under Band A feeders, those who enjoy a minimum of 20 hours of electricity daily, raising tariffs to N225 per kilowatt-hour.
This story has sparked conversations on social media, with many users sharing similar experiences of neighbors and landlords tapping into their power supplies without permission
