Ikeja Electric says it has instructed its legal advisers to carry out forensic investigation and initiate defamation proceedings against certain authors, publishers alleging impropriety against the company and defaming its Chief Executive Officer, Mrs. Folake Soetan, and its Board Chairman, Dr. Kola Adesina.
Conveying the current action in a statement, the company’s image- maker, Kingsley Okotie, said the publication is intended to misinform the public and bring the company and its leadership into disrepute through fabricated claims by yet unverified individual and organization.
According to the company, the publication, ‘Nigerian Global Business Forum’ is an unregistered organization with no recognized legal or corporate existence locally or abroad.
It said the signatories, Dr. Alaba Kalejaiye and Musa Ahmed, have no verifiable professional credentials or established public profiles.
The publication, the company maintained, contains false and misleading statements regarding Ikeja Electric’s operations, safety record, and financial practices.
It added that:” While Ikeja Electric operates within a strict framework of accountability and remains committed to transparency and service improvement, the company will not tolerate coordinated disinformation campaigns aimed at undermining public confidence and tarnishing its corporate integrity.
“Ikeja Electric remains steadfast in its mandate to deliver reliable power while upholding the highest standards of corporate governance, and customer excellence.”
The power company advised the public to disregard the false publication.
