EEDC throws South-East states into darkness

By Stanley Nwanosike

The South East states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo face power outages following a system collapse announced by the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC).

Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Mr Emeka Ezeh, said that the system collapse occurred at 6:49p.m on Sunday.

“As a result of this development, all our outgoing feeders are out.

“This has affected supply to our customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States.

“We are on standby, awaiting further information on restoration of supply from the National Control Centre (NCC),” he said.

Enugu State has been witnessing incessant power outages recently.