Operatives of Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA), on Tuesday, sealed the offices of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) in the state.
Gatekeepers News reports that this follows EEDC’s announcement that it would disconnect the power supply to the Enugu State Government House and other state government institutions in the South East over an N180bn debt.
The EEDC’s spokesman, Emeka Ezeh, he and other staff members found the building sealed when they arrived at the headquarters.
He said,”We were informed by the security men on duty that in the early hours of today (Tuesday) at about 2am, a group of men came and locked up the gates, claiming that the state governor directed the action.”
The ECTDA operatives also sealed EEDC offices in Abakpa, Awkunanaw and Ogui areas.
Referring to the development as “strange”, the spokesman noted that EEDC had not received any notice or communication from ECTDA regarding the action.
Ezeh further stated that the sealing of their offices might be connected to EEDC’s notice to begin disconnecting indebted customers starting Tuesday.
He said “Enugu State Government happens to be one of the indebted customers, with over N1bn owed to EEDC.”
“It is important to state that the majority of the state government’s facilities are metered. So, it is not a case of estimated billing. EEDC has about N180bn in debts and has concluded plans to commence disconnection of indebted customers.”
When contacted, the Chairman of ECTDA, Uche Anyanwu, refused to comment on the incident.
