Amid face-off between the Ossiomo Electricity Company and its Chinese partners, Jiangsu Communication Clean Energy Technology (CCETC) over ownership which resulted in disruption of power supply to consumers for several days, the Edo State Government has reverted to the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) which it had hitherto disconnected from.
Newsmata.com.ng recalls that the state government had five years ago broken the BEDC monopoly in the state by supporting the construction of Ossiomo Power, a privately owned electricity generation and distribution company.
The decision to go back to BEDC by the government was due to the shut down of Ossiomo Power since September 1, 2025, over ownership tussle between the two business partners.
Ossiomo Power generates 95MW of electricity which it supplied to government buildings, Edo Government HHouse, Edo NUJ secretariat, private organisations, streetlights amongst others.
Director General of the Edo State Electrification Agency, Saturday Omozokpea Egbadon, who confirmed the switch-over to the BEDC, said electricity has been restored to some streetlights and government buildings.
Egbadon said the process was still ongoing.
