AS EBONYI ASSEMBLY SUSPENDS MINORITY LEADER, STATE GOVERNMENT DIRECTS EEDC TO WITH- HOLD ELECTRICTY SUPPLY TO AFIKPO UNTIL THE PEOPLE REPLACES PROPERTIES DAMAGED BY THEIR DEMONSTRATING YOUTH
The youths of Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, on 17th August 2015 Monday morning, amidst heavy downpour, came out enmasse to demonstrate over the indefinite power outage/black-outage in the land, which has lasted almost one year. The youths were seen marching under the heavy rain and chanting to express their annoyance, as they moved towards the office of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company(EEDC) in Afikpo. The demonstration which led to traffic hold-up at some axis in Afikpo in addition to the closure of markets and other businesses within the town for the whole day. Later on, Ebonyi State Government directed the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company(EEDC), whose properties were destroyed by some aggrieved youths who demonstrated over the long and indifite power outage in Afikpo, not to restore light to the area until the people replace all government and EEDC properties damaged by the youths. This directive was given by the state