The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has announced that the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) has been sold.
Gbenga Alake, the managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of AMCON, disclosed details of the sale during a media parley with media executives on Thursday.
In April 2024, the federal government said it would sell five power distribution companies under the management of banks and AMCON.
The DisCo, managed by AMCON, is one of five listed firms. The rest are the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), Benin Electricity Distribution Company, Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company, and Kano Electricity Distribution Company.
TheCable understands that AMCON owns 60 percent of Ibadan DisCo, while the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) controls the remaining 40 percent stake.
Speaking at the conference, Alake said the corporation has sold its stake in the DisCo for N100 billion.
He said the AMCON will soon hand over to the preferred bidder.
He said while the matter is in court, the AMCON is very positive that the right thing was done.
“We have sold it… and whatever is still happening in court, we will face it,” he said.
On May 15, report circulated that the African Initiative Against Abuse of Public Trust, a civil society organisation (CSO), has filed a lawsuit before the federal high court in Abuja against AMCON, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), and the Ibadan DisCo over an alleged proposed sale of a 60 percent stake in IBEDC for $62 million.
The African Initiative also claimed that the deal would lead to a loss of $107 million compared to the $169 million paid for the same stake during the 2013 privatisation of IBEDC.