Lady Mistakenly Recharges Stranger’s Prepaid Meter With N300,000, Shares Response She Got From IKEDC

• A lady cried out as she mistakenly recharged a stranger’s prepaid meter with N300,000 worth of electricity
• She shared what the electricity company told her after she made a complaint about the mistake she made
• Many reacted as she asked for solutions on what to do, with some sharing their similar experiences

A Nigerian lady shared how she mistakenly recharged someone's prepaid meter with N300,000.

She cried out as she stated that what she felt was more painful than a heartbreak.

In a TikTok video by @miss_sarahkayy, the lady shared how she reached out to the electricity company, Ikeja Distribution Company (IKEDC), to lay a complaint.

She stated that IKEDC said her token cannot be refunded or re-allocated.

Her video was captioned:

"Heartbreak hurts khe!? I just mistakenly recharge some one else's meter with 300k and IKEDC said they can't refund or re-allocate. My chest hurts."

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She added in the comments:

"The funniest thing is, the token will waste if I don’t give it out to the owner of the wrong meter number, why is the system so rigid? I don cry taya."

Watch the video below:

Reactions trail lady's meter recharge error

@Olufunke said:

"it has happened to me before, it was to my neighbour's meter, and the guy refused to refund me. me too I didn't give him token. it hurts like madd."

@Big mama said:

"This same thing happened at our house my neighbor mistakenly recharge 150k to thier prepaid meter instead of our pumping machine , while we were trying to clear debt on the machine and we went to nepa office they couldn’t reverse it."

@janedominic0 said:

Must be Nigeria nothing works , can’t happen in south Africa because they need your cell number to confirm and won’t recharge it ain’t correct

@judithuzeziadewun said:

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"So sorry! Chat me up I have someone that works in NERC Abuja. If they can be of help."

@Shabbaino_1315 said:

"Just try to let ikedc link you up with the third party customer and negotiate with the customer but be rest assured that you can't get you money on a go."

@user6416231281879 said:

"If you're recharging via Bank or any app that enables the purchase of electricity the app always asked to confirm name before inserting Ur pin to enable the transaction."

@RexPerry755 said:

"Omo na to move in wit the person till the money finish."

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a Nigerian man shared how much he paid to enjoy uninterrupted power supply from solar energy installed by a company.

The man stated that the company installed solar energy after the community experienced 10 years of blackouts.

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Many expressed their interest after he mentioned the daily amount and how he also made money from the installation.

Proofreading by Funmilayo Aremu, copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng