No fewer than 50 electricity consumers and students of Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, yesterday, embarked on a peaceful protest to drive home their demand for effective power generation and distribution across the state.
The protest paralysed business operations at the branch headquarters of EDDC in Ebonyi State for over two hours.
Vanguard gathered that the protesters shut offices of the company and barricaded all roads leading in and out of the headquarters in Abakaliki.
The protesters, who were later joined by the students of Ebonyi State University, carried placards with various inscriptions such as: “EDDC stop Arbitrary Billing”, “Stop load rejection”, “Provide metres to consumers” and “Stop operating without condition of service.”
Addressing newsmen, their representative, Mr. Sampson Uneke, expressed dissatisfaction over alleged fraudulent services being rendered by EDDC.
Another protester called on the distribution company to provide consumers in the state with prepaid metres and upgrade its distribution infrastructure to improve electricity supply.
