{"id":43105,"date":"2021-05-16T16:45:40","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T16:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=43105"},"modified":"2021-05-16T16:09:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T16:09:01","slug":"vandalism-throws-over-50-enugu-ebonyi-communities-into-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/vandalism-throws-over-50-enugu-ebonyi-communities-into-darkness","title":{"rendered":"Vandalism throws over 50 Enugu, Ebonyi communities into darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Over 50 communities in Enugu State have been thrown into darkness following the vandalism of Amechi \u2013 Awgu 33KV mainline, property of the Enugu Electricity Distribution PLC (EEDC), which supplies electricity to the affected communities.<\/p>\n<p>The vandalism, which occurred at Nenwe Junction down to the World University in Aninri Local Government Area, involved the removal of about 40 spans of aluminum conductors on the line as well as the collapse and damage of 15 High Tension poles.<\/p>\n<p>This development was made known in Enugu on Thursday by the Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Emeka Ezeh.<\/p>\n<p>Ezeh stated that this part of the network has been under attack by vandals since January this year, and the present incident reoccurred barely two weeks after the company had spent millions of Naira in replacing the vandalized items.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis portion of the network was attacked in January, February, and twice in April, which has led to the present darkness experienced by electricity customers in these affected communities, as about 130 distribution substations (transformers) are affected and cannot supply electricity to customers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to EEDC\u2019s spokesman, the entire communities in Aninri Local Government Area, over 50% of the communities in Awgu Local Government Area and Akaeze and Ishiagu under Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi Atate were affected by this ugly incident.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the affected communities include Mgbowo, Ugwuleshi Awgu, Ogwuofia Awgu, Obodo Asaa Awgu, Ogwumabiri Awgu, Obeagu, Nmaku, Mgbidi, Ihe, Okpanku, Mpu, to mention but a few.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a business, we are concerned about the inconveniences our customers in the affected communities are subjected to, its effect on their various businesses and the revenue losses we are recording as a service provider,\u201d Ezeh added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVandalism of power installations within the EEDC\u2019s network has remained a cog in the wheel of progress. No day passes without an incident of vandalism in one or two locations within the network.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTransformer vandalism is more rampant, but these days, we have cases where some spans of the network are vandalized, keeping hundreds of thousands of customers in darkness,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Ezeh appealed to all electricity customers and the public, especially neighbourhood vigilantes to help in safeguarding the power installations serving them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Over 50 communities in Enugu State have been thrown into darkness following the vandalism of Amechi \u2013 Awgu 33KV mainline, property of the Enugu Electricity Distribution PLC (EEDC), which supplies electricity to the affected communities. 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