The destruction of electricity facilities in Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents following a recent attack on Damboa town, south of the state, has thrown most parts of the state, including Maiduguri, into darkness, an electricity official said.
A source at the Yola Electricity Distribution Company, which controls the Maiduguri Electricity Centre, told Daily Sun yesterday, that the 132 KV Damboa-Maiduguri electricity line was destroyed by Boko Haram in July during an attack on the area. The attack, he said, had plunged Maiduguri and its environs into darkness.
“The cut-off of power that we are witnessing now, was caused by the destruction of our facility, the 132KV Damboa-Maiduguri line, by Boko Haram during the July 4 attack on Damboa,” the official, who did not want his name in print, said.
He said electricity engineers could not go to the site to repair the facility due to the security situation in the area.
It was also gathered that a windstorm that destroyed electricity polls and cables as partly responsible for power cut in the area and residents had been compelled to live without electricity from the national grid for the past one month.
The Sun