Three men have been arrested by officials of the Nigerian Police for assaulting staff of the Enugu Electricity Distribution PLC in the course of discharging their duties in Nkpor Area of Anambra State.
This was made known to the public in a statement signed and released to Newsmen by Mr. Emeka Ezeh,the Head of Communications, EEDC.
According to Ezeh, the EEDC team made up of linesmen and marketers attached to its Umunya Service Centre, under Ogidi District, were at Maryland Layout, Umuoji Road, Nkpor, for cash drive/disconnection of indebted customers.
“They were in the premises, which is a two storey building to engage with the customers before serving them the disconnection notice when two hefty men locked up the gate and descended on them, slapping, punching and smashing one of them against the gate when he tried to escape, thereby leaving him in a critical state at the hospital, as a result of the cracked jaw bone injury he sustained from the assault.
“The main suspect is identified as Nonso Amadi, 32 year-old, who hails from Orlu, Imo State; while his accomplice, identified as Chibuzor Okafor, 32 year-old, is an indigene of Umanachi, Anambra State; and a 67 year-old man identified as Onyelowe Sylvanus, an indigene of Aba Ngwa, Abia State, who attempted to attack the team with a machete.
