Maduako Igbokwe I Thursday, Oct. 25, 2023
AWKA, Nigeria – Residents of Adabebe village in Amawbia Community,Awka South local government area have lamented over the risk of being electrocuted following the destruction of eight electric poles by heavy down pure in the area.
The heavy rainfall after few days of constructing drainage had caused the felling of about eight poles.
The incident had stalled the on going drainage and roads constructions in the community.
The village that houses three post Primary Schools, a hotel and over 200 buildings is under sustained apprehension as school children and residents no longer go to schools and business for fear of being electrocuted.
The concrete poles have all been broken after the rains had eaten deep into the foundations of the poles while the high tension cables are currently on the road .
Meanwhile, the Deputy Speaker of Anambra state House of Assembly Nze Pius Okoye, a resident in the area has contacted the Enugu Electrical Distribution Company EEDC over the incident but no respond to the appeal.
“We have contacted the workers at the EEDC and they promised to do something about it, but this is dangerous in view of the risk involved and we have over 2,000 school children that use this road everyday as well as people that live around here ”
“There is a power surge , you can imagine what would happen if the unlikely occured? Now, no vehicle can pass through the road and this is dangerous for us here in Adabebe village” he said.
Also speaking a resident in the area Mrs Ngozi Ijeoma who is a school teacher noted that if nothing urgent was not done the number of deaths that would be recorded would be high.
“The EEDC should come and save us from the impending danger that is coming when light is restored”
“At night an unsuspecting visitor may fall victim and for us here we don’t have any access or another road we can use so this is not good ”
“They don’t need to wait until something bad happens and I urge you journalists to please help us tell them because we are living in fear” she lamented.
When reporters visited the EEDC office in Awka no one was willing to speak on the matter and non confirmed receipt of the complaint from the the Deputy Speaker.
