BENIN CITY – The management of Ossiomo Power Company has raised an alarm over the alleged unjustified arrest of 10 private security personnel safeguarding its multi-billion naira facility at Ologbo, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State.
The company said the arrest was carried out by the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of Ologbo Police Station on Friday at the premises of the company.
A press statement by the management disclosed that Chief Johnson Asheleghe, and other unidentified mainly itsekiri persons had gone to the company premises with the mobile policemen from MOPOL 5 (Benin City) and ordered all the Odua Peoples Congress (OPC) out of their duty posts, and arrested 10 of them in the process.
Only yesterday (Thursday), some itsekiri youths from the community prevented the Ossiomo Power Company attempt to restart electricity supply to Benin City and its environs.
The youths believed to be fronting for a Chinese firm known as Jiangsu Communication Clean Energy Technology Co. Ltd (CCETC), have since early November, 2025, forcefully and illegally disrupted the operations of the company’s gas plant, thereby preventing the Ossiomo Power Company from providing electricity power to its teeming customers.
It was further alleged that the policemen also drove away the bricklayers employed by the Ossiomo Power to work at its shopping mall.
”The DPO’s men and the Mobile Police from MOPOL 5 (Prince Johnson’s escorts) also broke down our gates, creating our fear that the absence of our security men will create the opportunity to vandalize and steal our property.
Effort to contact the Ologbo divisional police officer proved abortive.
The Edo State Police Public Relations Officer could not be reached for comment as calls went unanswered