The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered Eko Electricity Distribution Plc to immediately reconnect the electricity supply to Protea Hotel by Marriott, Kuramo Waters, Victoria Island, Lagos.

The court heard it was allegedly disconnected unlawfully at about 11 a.m. on June 5.

Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke issued the interim order based on an ex-parte application by Chief Ajibola Aribisala (SAN), on behalf of Princely Court Limited, franchise owner of the Protea Hotel by Marriott at Kuramo Waters.

The motion was supported by an affidavit deposed to by the hotel’s Operations Manager, Sotayo Olasubomi Oluwabukunolami.

EKEDC, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Rekhiat Momoh, Samuel Edoho, Abdulkadir Abdulrahman, and Agbioghale Emmanuel are the defendants.

The court granted: “An order directing the defendants to forthwith reconnect the plaintiff’s electricity supply at the Kuramo Waters premises;

“An injunction restraining the defendants, jointly or severally, from tampering with or further disconnecting the electricity supply to the plaintiff’s premises;

“An injunction restraining the defendants from tampering with the electricity meter currently installed at the premises;

“An order mandating the third to sixth defendants to comply with all court orders concerning reconnection of electricity to the plaintiff’s premises upon being served with the court’s order.”

The order is to subsist pending the hearing and determination of the plaintiff’s motion on notice for interlocutory injunction.

Justice Aneke adjourned till June 25 for a hearing of the Motion on Notice.