Electricity fraud, a practice well accustomed in many cities and towns of Cameroon

Electricity theft is a common practice is well established or accustomed in Cameroon. As we can see from the image taken from a garage in Yaoundé. This garage is situated in the 1st District of Yaoundé. Located precisely in the Olembe Quarter that has operated for years without the proprietor paying a single bill and does not have a legal meter.   This young Entrepreneur from the West Region admitted that he was doing good business, though not footing his electricity bills. The electricity cable that hangs above a truck that leaned directly on an electricity poll that does recording. In broad day light and seen by all passersby, the garage operator isn't bothered. His garage is run quietly and its activities are unperturbed. On the spot, it was revealed that the said garage has functioned for four years. It was by chance that an agent of Eneo coincidentally saw it. From them an old bill 2000 FRS or 5000 as shown by the entrepreneur. Very few garages bother to register their garages on the Customer data base at Eneo, according to a source from an enterprise, whereas they exercise all categories of activities that often badly need electricity.