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The entire South East states of Enugu, Ebonyi, Anambra, Abia and Imo have been thrown into darkness by what the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, described as “General System Collapse”.
In a notice signed by the Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Emeka Ezeh, all their outgoing feeders are out which is the reason for the blackout in the 5 states.
Eze also said that they’re on standby, and waiting for signal from National Control Centre (NCC) for restoration of supply.
The notice reads:
“The Enugu Electricity Distribution PLC (EEDC) wishes to inform her esteemed customers in the South East of a general system collapse which occurred this morning, Monday, 14th March, 2022 at 10:40 am.
“This is the reason for the loss of supply currently being experienced across the network.
“Consequently, all our outgoing feeders are out and supply to our customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States are affected by this development.
“We are on standby and awaiting signal from the National Control Centre (NCC) for restoration of supply.”