Operations of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC were disrupted when angry natives of Ukpor in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State stormed their office following blackout.
The protesters numbering over 300 stormed the EEDC office in Nnewi, carrying placards with various inscriptions accusing the EEDC of negligence and deliberate sabotage.
Speaking during the protest, the Chairman, Ukpor Electricity Consumer Committee, Nkwadochukwu Onwughalu, accused EEDC of deliberately blacklisting the community for over three years without visible action to restore power to the area.
He said for three years, EEDC had disconnected the community from the industrial line and carted away five transformers from the community.
Onwughalu accused EEDC of bulk billing, vandalisation of their transformers and disconnection of the community from the industrial line.
“The administration of the former Governor Willie Obiano intervened in the power crisis in Ukpor and put us in the industrial line but immediately he left office, EEDC disconnected us again.
“We have five transformers that got bad; EEDC still came and carried them with the pretence that they were going to refurbish it. They only returned two and took the remaining three and installed for another community, leaving us in total darkness.
Addressing the protesters, the EEDC Business District Manager, Evaristus Obeta, expressed concern over the condition of the people of Ukpor and promised to get their grievance across to relevant authority.
Credit: The Sun