The Peace Telecommunications Limited has declared that it will not be expanding any time soon due to the activities of vandals who were in the habit of stealing their cables.
In an exclusive interview with in Lagos, Nigeria, Chief Executive officer, Barrister Livingstone Arueye said that the company went through hell in the hands of a bandit that it made the mistake of employing as they did not know was a petty thief.
He noted that they were using heavy wired facility cables in the past and this normally attracts thieves to them as the men of the underworld normally cut them due to the presence of copper which can be use in making ear rings and necklace ..
His words:”At the peak of our operations, we had at least 2000 subscribers because of the way our cables are been vandalized we have stopped any plans to expand for now
“We had a staff called “Kenneth”but we did not know that he was a common thief, we caught him three times vandalizing our cables
“On the first occasion ,he had done this and it was the jelly in the cable which stained him that gave him away when he came to wash the stain from his body as his colleagues saw him
“There was an occasion too that he was nabbed by a police woman in Area” G”,where he had gone to vandalize our cables ,the last incident was when he conspired with another co-worker to steal some of our cables with a van
“His partner in crime later confessed that he was paid a paltry N3,000 to agree to do the crime,he is so cunning that after the initial incident and we forgave him after a lot of pleas on his behalf and with an understanding that there will be no such incident again yet eh hatched another trick
“He had the habit of coming to report to me that one of our cables have either being stolen or destroyed and I can tell you now that this was a smart ploy by him so that nobody will point accusing fingers at him or suspect him of theft in the company again”
It would be recalled that on the 19th of August,2006 ,Peace Telecommunications Limited’s signals went off air .
It was discovered as at then that the winds as at then blew apart certain wire cables of the company .
A source at the engineering department of the company said that there were over 150 lines affected as a result of the incident and wondered why it happened at the time despite the logistics in place.
He urged customers not to be dismayed by the sad incident as their team of engineers were working around the clock to bring back their favorite product.
Arab Contractors set to commence demolition job On Lagos road project
Arab Contractors O.A.O Nigeria Limited will soon be starting the demolition of every structures within the five centimeter radius of their road project along Ifako-iJaiye area in Lagos.
Investigations by in Lagos revealed that the project which is expected to be completed by December,2013 was only started in September,2012.
It was discovered that several properties ranging from privately owned buildings, public institutions, commercial outfits were earmarked for demolition soon due to their contravening the five centimeter standard regulated gap between a major road and buildings of any type
This reporter saw all the display of the Egyptian outfit’s power of construction engineering in full display as caterpillars excavated the floor
Investigations showed that casted materials already been put in place to fill up the open drains aside from the floor of the drainage canals.
When this reporter called it was gathered that the site engineer was not on location as he has gone to Ikorodu area of Lagos on an official assignment.
It was discovered that there were two main containers on the side of Ifako-Ijaiye road complete with various equipments for the project.
Certain parts of the road were seen marked out with tapes in order for the company to work properly aside from company personnel directing motorists to other directions so that they will not disturb there job.
Arab Contractors O.A.O Nigeria Limited was established in 1991 with the objective of contributing to the great developmental efforts taking place in Nigeria.
Within a short period of 10 years ,the company has the privilege of completing several projects and giving employment to over 3,000 Nigerians .
Projects such as Dams, bridges, culverts and protection, Irrigation, hydraulic structures such as weirs, builders, spillways, ducts and channels, schools, hospitals and buildings are some of what Arab Contactors have handled in Nigeria.
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