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Youths, women, men and residents of Naze, Ulakwo and environs of Owerri North local council; Nekede and environs of Owerri West local council of Imo State On 28th of april protested what they called incessant power outages in their communities by the authorities of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), without explanations to them.

Expressing their grievances on the streets, they demanded immediate rectifying and restoration of supply to their homes and business outfits in their communities. The communities, The Guardian learnt, were nearer to the Owerri capital city.

Speaking with The Guardian the restive protesters accused the officials of the power supply company of their inability to supply them with power since Easter without any known reason.

They regretted that few attempts made to restore supply were not more than five minutes on each occasion.
In their numbers, they threatened to take lawful action beyond complaints if such scenarios continued.