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  • Four convicted in Ebonyi for vandalising EEDC property

    Four convicted in Ebonyi for vandalising EEDC property

    The management of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) has announced the conviction of four persons for their involvement in vandalising the property of the company in Ebonyi state. 

    The Group Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Emeka Ezeh, disclosed this on Thursday.

    He said that one of the convicts, Chukwuma Onwe, was on the 12th of November 2025 sentenced to four years imprisonment by Hon. Justice John Igboji at the High Court of Ebonyi State of Nigeria, Ohaukwu Judicial Division, sitting in Ezzangbo.

    He said his conviction followed a three-count charge of conspiracy, damage, and unlawful disconnection of transformer armoured cables, and stealing, contrary to the Ebonyi State Criminal Code, Cap 33, Laws of Ebonyi State of Nigeria 2009.

    “On the conspiracy charge, Onwe received a three-year sentence, while the charges of vandalism and stealing earned him four years each.  All terms are to run concurrently”, Mr Ezeh said

    According to Ezeh, Onwe was arrested by the Police in September 2023 for vandalizing a transformer belonging to EEDC at Ntsulakpa, Ezzangbo Community, Ebonyi State.

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    In a similar development, on the 7th of November 2025, the same Court sentenced Okefe Stanley, Aleke Kingsley, and Egba Friday to four years imprisonment each for vandalism, unlawful disconnection, damage, and removal of aluminum conductors, belonging to EEDC.

    The trio were sentenced to three years for conspiracy and four years each for vandalism and stealing, and all terms were to run concurrently.

    Ezeh recounted that they were arrested on 5th June 2023 by the vigilante group of Oshituma Community in Ohaukwu Local Government Area, Ebonyi State.

    The management of EEDC commended the judiciary for the judgments and appealed for the speedy trial of other pending vandalism-related cases in courts.

    “We are pleased with these judgments and hope that they serve as a deterrent to those engaging in such criminal acts out there,” Ezeh stated.

    “A few months back, precisely in August, in the same Ebonyi State, four vandals – Ikechukwu Esseh, Ikedinachi Uche, Ukpai Godwin, and Uchenna Kalu – were sentenced to seven years imprisonment by Hon. Justice Nicholas E. Nwode for attacking a 7.5MVA Injection Substation belonging to EEDC, at Education Board Road, Afikpo, in Afikpo North Local Government Area of the state.”

    EEDC expressed appreciation to the Nigerian Police and the vigilante group of the Ohaukwu community for their vigilance and unwavering commitment to combating this menace.

    He noted that this aligns with the company’s long-standing call for community collaboration in safeguarding critical electricity infrastructure.

    Ezeh lamented the negative impact of vandalism on the company’s operations, stressing that the company has continued to commit scarce resources to restoring vandalized/damaged equipment – funds that could have been deployed to enhance service delivery.

    He urged customers to remain vigilant and safeguard electricity installations within their neighbourhoods, warning that vandalism inevitably results in service disruptions and inconvenience.

  • Enugu community to Senate: we’ve not had electricity for one year

    Residents of Owerre Umabor community, Eha-Alumonah, in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State have sought the urgent intervention of the Senate over a one-year power outage in the area.

    They presented the matter during an engagement between the Senate Committee on power, steel development and metallurgy and the power consumers as part of their 2018 oversight visit.

    Comrade Emmanuel Ugwueze, who spoke on behalf of the community, said despite entreaties and presentations to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) for over one year, there was no hope in sight.

    “The transformer servicing our community had issues. After about six months of power outage, they came and removed it for repairs. Four months have also elapsed since then, but nothing has been heard from them.

    “We are appealing to the Senate to prevail on the EEDC to do the needful because businesses have been crippled in our community for this past one year,” he lamented.

    Chairman of the committee, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, who led other Senators to the event, had told the power consumers that they were in Enugu to have the pulse of the people on the activities of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC.

    He said whereas there were some opinion that the licenses of the discos should be reviewed, the Senate was of the opinion that there areas of challenges should be identified and recommendations made for a way out.

    He, was, however, quick to add that the Senate was not comfortable with estimated billing system.

    “We want to bring an end to estimated billing. We believe that Nigerians deserve a better deal. If you are doing estimated billing, there is also a scientific way worked out by the National Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC.

    “So, in all, we need to know how the discos are doing after buying the 60 percent and leaving all of us with 40 percent. Those of us who own the 40 percent need to know what they have done so far,” he stressed.

    Responding to further complaints by different communities, which bordered on over-billing, the Senate urged the EEDC to engage community leader into working out an acceptable modality before installing the bulk-metering system.

    Also speaking, the Deputy Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Hon. Donatus Uzogbado said the House had issues with the EEDC last year, but that there were presently impressed with the progress being made by the company in addressing the nagging issues.

    Meanwhile, Mr. Paul Okeke, Deputy Managing Director, of the EEDC, who led the EEDC team at the event, said the company was making steady progress, assuring it would address all the issues raised.

  • Enugu power firm launches substation

    The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has inaugurated a 7.5 MVA injection substation meant to serve 13,000 customers living in the outskirt of Enugu metropolis.

    At the inauguration at Amorji Nike near Enugu, Sen. Victor Umeh, the Senator representing Anambra South, disclosed that Nigeria needed power supply for economic development.

    Umeh represented the Chief executive officer of EEDC, Chief Emeka Offor.

    Umeh lamented the poor amount of electricity being generated in the country, adding that the problem of Nigerian was the generation of power, while distribution of power comes next.

    “Nigerian is a very large country and demands much energy to supply light and boost economic development. Nigeria has battled for this so many years but needs to improve in power generation,” he said.

    He disclosed that for industries to function well that sufficient power supply is needed, adding that money is not the problem.

    Umeh urged the Federal government to invest more on energy supply to boost the economy of the country, adding “what you give is what you will get’’.

    He promised that EEDC would do everything to maximise the supply of power to its customers to improve their lives and enhance economic development.

    Sen. Gilbert Nnaji, representing Enugu East, commended EEDC for its intervention to ensure quality power supply in the community.

    Nnaji said that his constituency would pay their bills as at when due, adding that when a service is rendered, you pay for the service.

    He commended governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for providing an enabling ground and support to ensure that Enugu State benefits from EEDC.

    The Managing Director of EEDC, Mr Okechukwu Nwosu, disclosed that company is committed to deliver quality power supply to its customer.

    Nwosu, who disclosed that Nike substation would serve over 13,000 EEDC customers, said that the company has significantly improved the quality of power supply in the South-East.

    He also added that the company had done several number of sub-stations projects across THE Southeast, deployed over 1000 transformers to replace old ones, while metering over 190,000 customers with pre-paid meters.

    Nwosu who lamented the alarming rate of theft, vandalism and non-payment of bills, said that it has become a hindrance to quality power delivery to customers.

    He said that the company had reduced the number of estimated bill to its customers by installing smart prepaid meters to over 190,000 customers.

     

     

     

  • Police arrest suspected cable vandal in Enugu

    The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a suspected electricity transformer cable vandal, who has been operating for months within Enugu metropolis.

    The Command’s spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said on Friday in Enugu that the suspect, one Chizoba Akam, was specialized in the vandalism of electricity transformer and selling its cables and parts to his cohorts.

    Amaraizu noted that the suspect was nabbed by police operatives of the Trans Ekulu Division of the command on July 24 at about 5:30 a.m.

    He said that the police recovered vandalized transformer armoured cables and other transformer parts from the suspect.

    “It was gathered that the suspect, Chizoba Akam, who claimed that he is from New Artisan Market, Enugu, was nabbed by police operatives on early morning routine patrol with armoured cables stocked inside a sack bag and with a view to beat security check.

    “It was further gathered that the suspected notorious vandal is an indigene of Igbeagu Town in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

    He said, “the intermediate cables was vandalized from Mrs Obiekwe Sub-station of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) at Ugbene in Enugu East LGA.’’

    The police spokesman noted that the command’s Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (CIID) had commenced investigation of the matter.

  • Imo Assembly passes 41 bills, 114 resolutions in 2 years

    Imo Assembly passes 41 bills, 114 resolutions in 2 years

    The Imo House of Assembly said it passed 41 of the 116 bills presented on its floor in the last two years.

    The Speaker of the House, Mr Iheanacho Ihim, disclosed this in a statement in Owerri on Friday.

    Ihim said 114 motions were also passed as resolutions out of the 120 presented at the same period.

    He noted that other bills yet to be passed were at various stages in the house.

    He explained that “notable among the bills presented in 2017 was the bill for a law providing assistance to privately owned schools and offering free education in the state.

    “Others include a bill for a law prohibiting Female Genital Mutilation which was read for the 3rd time on the floor of the house in March.”

    He said that the house also initiated the process for the domestication of the Violence Against Persons Act in the state during the period.

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    “A bill for a law to allocate 10 percent of the state revenue to the Ministry of Youth and Sports for sustainable youth empowerment was also presented and advanced to committee stage.

    “In May, a bill to provide legal backing to awards and recognition of worthy citizens of Nigeria and international figures was presented and read for the 2nd time by the former majority leader of the house, Mr Lugard Osuji.

    “The house also conducted public screening of appointees before their confirmation for transparency.

    “As part of our oversight functions, the house also intervened in the gully erosion menace in Obowo local government area, visiting the site and making recommendations on how to tackle the problem,’’ Ihim said.

    He said that the house also waded into the issue of poor power supply in the state, querying the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company ( EEDC ) in Orlu over the six years power outage in the area.

    “The house also dealt with issues of non compliance with its directives following resolutions passed at plenary among others,’’ he said.

    NAN

  • ‘We’re sorry for power outage’

    Two power firms, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) have apologised to communities in Enugu and Ebonyi states which have been in darkness since a fire destroyed a transformer supplying power to the communities.

    The communities are Ezillo in Ebonyi and Eha-Amufu in Enugu.

    The fire damaged the T1A power transformer at TCN’s station in Nkalagu, thereby putting customers in the affected area out of supply.

    A statement by the TCN public affairs manager, Enugu Region, Mrs Mary Philip-Udom said TCN engineers were already “at our Nkalagu T/S working to restore normal electricity supply to the affected communities.”

    “We are sincerely sorry for the inconvenience this unfortunate incident will cause our esteemed customers and assure them that normal supply will be restored as soon as the transformer is replaced.”

    Similarly, the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) in a statement by its head of communication, Emeka Ezeh apologised to its customers in the affected areas.

    It assured that the EEDC is making alternative arrangement to provide supply to the affected customers.

    “While this may not be adequate due to some constraints, we appeal to our esteemed customers to kindly bear with us,” the statement concluded.

     

  • Man electrocuted while vandalising substation

    Man electrocuted while vandalising substation

    An unidentified man was electrocuted while attempting to vandalize 100KVA Substation, the property of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), located at Emene Industrial Layout.

    It was gathered that the vandal probably arrived at the substation when there was no supply and in the process of loosening the HV fuse, supply was restored and he was electrocuted.

    Items recovered from the victim were a spanner, torch and a plyer.
    According to a statement by the Head of Communications of EEDC, Emeka Ezeh, his remains were evacuated to UNTH, Ituku Ozalla morgue by the Police from Emene Division.

    In a related development, two suspects identified as Amaechi Akpu and Chigbo Ejebu were apprehended by youths of Onuore Agba community, Ebonyi State for vandalizing a 300KVA Substation, property of EEDC located in the Community.

    Members of Abor vigilante group also arrested a vandal identified as Emmanuel Izunna for vandalising 500KVA Igwe Umuenyiora 2 Substations located in Ogbunike, Anambra State.

  • EEDC expresses worry over forged bills

    EEDC expresses worry over forged bills

    The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has expressed worry over increasing report of some fraudulent individuals forging its bills for account opening purpose.

    The Head, Communications of EEDC, Mr Emeka Ezeh, said this known in a statement on Tuesday in Enugu.

    He therefore called on banks and other financial institutions to consult it in the verification of electricity bills used in their transactions as proof of address.

    Ezeh said the call became necessary to stop a situation where marketers of the company were detained by the police on alleged fraud involving forged bills that bore their names and phone numbers.

    According to him, EEDC will not be liable if any criminal or fraudulent activity is perpetrated with any forged electricity bill not cleared with the company.

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    “We just recorded three of such cases in Aba, there is every possibility that this is also happening unnoticed at other locations within our franchise area.

    “To check this growing negative trend, we appeal to banks to be cautious and ensure they carry out extensive check and verification of any EEDC electricity bill tendered for account opening purpose as proof of address,’’ he said.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that as part of initiatives geared toward ensuring customer satisfaction, EEDC has modified its electricity bill to wear a new look from September.

    The additional features in the A5 sized electricity bill include a summary of previous balance; last payment made by the customer and a barcode which is a security feature.

    Other features are details of feeder and transformer serving the customer; name and phone number of the marketer in-charge as well as pictorial representation of customer’s meter reading.

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  • New security features on EEDC’s electricity bills

    The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has put new security features on its modified electricity bills issued to its customers in its coverage areas.

    The Head, Communications of EEDC, Mr Emeka Ezeh, said this in a statement he signed in Enugu.

    Ezeh said that the new modified electricity bill for its customers was meant to check bill manipulation as well as other forms of sophisticated fraud.

    He said that the modified bill and its special outlook was part of the company’s continuous effort to introduce initiatives geared towards ensuring enjoyable customer experience.

    “The refreshed two-sided A5 sized electricity bill takes effect from September, 2017, with some new features.

    “These new features include a summary of previous balance and last payment made by the customer, a barcode which is a security feature.

    “It also contains details of feeder and transformer; name and phone number of the marketer in charge as well as pictorial representation of customer’s meter reading.

    “At the back side of the bill is the EEDC call center number as well as address of Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) forum offices within EEDC coverage area, including their phone numbers and email addresses.

    “The new modified electricity bill contains details of respective reconnection fees and other relevant information for the customer,’’ he said.

    Ezeh said that as part of the initiative to create technological driven innovations, the company would soon deliver electricity bills to customers via email prior to their receiving the hard copy.

    “For now, our customers now receive notification alert on their phones acknowledging payment of electricity bills made; and this comes at no cost to the customer.

    “We, therefore, encourage our customers who are not yet enjoying this service to go ahead and update their data via our website or at any of our customer service points,” he said.

  • Tension mounts over threat to shut EEDC offices

    Tension mounts over threat to shut EEDC offices

    Anambra residents including professionals, market leaders, youths, civil servants stormed the office of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) in Awka Friday over power failure for the past four months.

    As a result, they have given the electricity company one week ultimatum to restore light in the capital city or the office will be shut down, which has heightened tension in the state.

    They were led by Engr. Kenneth Moneke, under the auspices of Anambra Association of Electricity Consumers (AAEC) with the youths being held back not to cause mayhem.

    Among the delegation were local government chairmen, medical doctors, pharmacists, lawyers, professors, market leaders and security personnel.

    According to the angry residents, some of the areas had not had light for the past four months, while the residents kept receiving estimated bills from (EEDC) amounting over 20,000 a month.

    According to Moneke, “we do not want to allow the youths to take to violence, what we need is peace in the land, but by next week Friday, if (EDDC) fails to address this issue, we will have no other option than to close down (EEDC) offices in the state”

    “The explanations from this office are not well received by the people because electricity distribution is not a rocket science but practical”

    “We have come to realize that what you do in this state is to make money for those in charge and allow the poor masses to suffer the consequences, but we are here today to tell you that such idea will end immediately”

    “The situation has touched everybody, this place will be shutdown, just take the message to the appropriate authorities because we have seen the problems are beyond you” Moneke told the manager.

    In his response, the manager of Awka distribution centre, Mr. Samuel Onuorah Udemgba, said that (EEDC) ran a system that was controlled by the Nigerian electricity regulation commission (NERC).

    “The commission gave (EEDC) a template that we follow, the problem is not from us, the consumers have every right to be angry”

    “We are going to work now based on the visit, but you should know that the two transformers from Nibo substation are having problems, in fact, what we use now is the smaller one for the entire Awka and this is a major challenge we are facing right now”

    “What we are asking from you people is to have patience with (EEDC) as the company is making every arrangement in making sure that things return to normal,” Udemgba said.