A Delta-based activist, Victor Ojei, popularly called Wong Box, has been remanded in prison custody for allegedly attacking staff of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) with a cutlass during a disconnection exercise in Asaba.
Ojei, who was arraigned on Monday, faces three charges of threat to life, assault occasioning harm, and threatening violence, contrary to sections 355, 86, and 249 of the Criminal Code.
The spokesperson of the Delta State Police Command, Bright Edafe, confirmed the court’s ruling in a post on X.
“Self-acclaimed activist Victor Ojei, popularly known as ‘Wong Box,’ was today arraigned and remanded in prison custody pending when his bail conditions are met… Nobody is above the law,” he wrote.
Police reports indicated that Ojei was first arrested on August 14, 2025, after allegedly assaulting BEDC workers who disconnected his property on Anyameluhor Street, Asaba, over an outstanding electricity bill of ₦4,870,780.
According to the Command, he resisted the disconnection, threatening the technicians with a cutlass and ordering them to reconnect his compound. The confrontation allegedly led to one pregnant staff member falling during the chaos.
“The suspect rushed at them and attacked them with a cutlass, insisting that they must reconnect his compound.
“The technician, out of fear of being murdered, reconnected the light.
“The suspect did not stop at that; he continued to threaten them, and in the process, a pregnant BEDC staff fell,” the statement partly read.
In a viral video, Ojei was seen shouting at the workers: “Why will you disconnect my house? I go cut una, and nothing go happen. I am Wong Box of Delta State… I am a politician.”
Edafe further disclosed that after being granted bail, Ojei failed to honour subsequent police invitations, which triggered a manhunt leading to his re-arrest.
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