Electricity Customers Stormed and Barricades PHED Zonal office Oyigbo For Power Blackout for Over 10 Months Still Counting.
Reporting.....Membis247Blog Port Harcourt — Electricity customers in Oyigbo and Etche Local Government Areas of Rivers State on Wednesday barricaded the entrance of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company in Oyigbo, in protest over 10 months of power outage in the area. The protesters with fresh palm fronds and placards bearing different inscriptions, came from Komkom community in Oyigbo, Ikwerre engwo and Umuebule communities in Etche, for the protest. Some inscriptions on their placards read, “give us light from Afam”, “PHED is inhuman over 10 months no light”, among others. The protesters claimed that PHED took their power lines from Komkom feeder to Elelenwo feeder, demanding that the disco should restore their power to Komkom feeder, which according to them, was more reliable. One of the protesters, who gave his name as Victor Nwachukwu said for over 10 months all the concerned communities have been without power supply. Victor Nwachukwu threatened that they will c...