Unknown gunmen, on Monday, attacked the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), wrecking havoc on the place.
According to the company, the gunmen attacked its facility located inside the headquarters of Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State and destroyed about 32 of its utility vehicles.
The spokesperson for the EEDC, Emeka Ezeh, on Monday, made this known in a statement, saying apart from setting some structures ablaze at the council Secretariat, the arsonists also torched a Magistrate Court building within the premises.
The statement read: “In the early hours of today, Monday, May 16, at about 1:45 a.m., the Ogidi District of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company was set ablaze by unidentified criminals leaving about 32 utility and operational vehicles all burnt, including other assets and equipment within the premises,” he said.
He added that the attackers macheted a security personnel at the company’s office because he refused to surrender his rifle to them.
“The victim is currently receiving treatment at the hospital,” he said. “We thank God that no life was lost.
“We condemn this unjustifiable act and pray such does not reoccur,” he added.
Ezeh lamented that they made unsuccessful efforts to reach the Anambra State Fire Service during the attack, as they watched the fire destroy the entire structure and other assets.
“It later took the intervention of the Commissioner for Utilities, Anambra State, Julius Chukwuemeka, at about 9.05 a.m. to bring the fire service team down to the scene of the incident,” he said, adding: “There is no way a developing economy as ours can progress if we continue to record this kind of incident.”
