Members of EYC holding placards during the protest on 1st, February, 2017 in OkeneHundreds of Ebira youth in Kogi Central Senatorial District, yesterday, Wednesday, took to the street, protesting against the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) for the near total absence of electricity in the area.
The protesters, under the canopy of Ebira Youth Congress (EYC), a coalition of youth organisations, gave the AEDC seven days from yesterday to restore normal electricity supply to Ebira land or leave the land.
The protesters, who marched on major roads singing anti-AEDC song, carried placards with various inscriptions, one of which is “we can’t be paying bill for the supply of darkness.”
They said that before the coming of the AEDC, Ebira land had enjoyed uninterrupted electricity, adding that most of the consumers had never failed in paying their electricity bills.
Those who spoke to our correspondent said that the AEDC has been offering only 10 minute supply on some days and that it had been total darkness for the land for most times.
More details on this later…[myad]
