A nocturnal fire at the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) transmission station has left portions of Awka, the Anambra State capital, in the dark.
The impacted districts, which include the Anambra State government house, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, and a number of other locations, will almost certainly celebrate Easter in the dark.
Mr Emeka Ezeh, EEDC’s Head of Corporate Communications, revealed this in a press statement emailed to our correspondent.
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Eze said: “EEDC wishes to inform her esteemed customers in Anambra State that the loss of supply currently being experienced in some parts of the state is a result of a fire outbreak at the Agu-Awka TCN Station.
“The incident which occurred at 12:10am of 6th April 2023, resulted in the loss of supply in Agu-Awka Injection Substation, disrupting supply to all our 11KV outgoing feeders: UNIZIK 11KV, Awka Industrial 11KV, Ifite 11KV, and Amansea 11KV.
“The TCN engineers are already at work and we are on standby to restore supply as soon as the fault is addressed.”
He listed the areas affected to include: UniZik, Bryan, Juhel, Millennium areas, Umuayom, Umunnoke, Umuoranma, Umuokpu, Amachala, Abagana, Umudiaba, Agbana, Umunna moke, Amudo, Enu-Ifite.
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Others are: Ezinato- Ifite, Abagana-Ifite, GRA, Agu Awka, back of UniZik Hostel along Amansea Ifite road, Egbeagu, Umuokpara, Orede, Holy Family, Ebenebe, Ugbenu, Ugbene, Orba Ofemmiri, and other environs are out of electricity supply.
Ezeh did not specify when power will be restored to the affected areas, but assured customers of their commitment to provide better services.
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