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Eko and Aba DisCos Suffer Outages as NDPHC Plants Shut Down Over Gas
Eko Electricity Distribution Company, better known as Eko DisCo, and Aba Power Ltd have been experiencing serious outages since yesterday because the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) which supplies power to them has no gas to fire its 10 plants.
Both manufacturing companies and individual residents in the Lekki Peninsula area of Lagos relying on supplies from Eko DisCo confirmed to our correspondents this morning that they have been without electricity since Sunday afternoon.
“We were surprised that this outage had lasted so long because there has been a remarkable improvement in supply from Eko DisCo in the last two months”, an engineer with a manufacturing firm in Ibeju Lekki Local Government Area told newsmen on condition of anonymity because he is not authorised to speak to the media on the issue.
“We were provided the picture of things only a few hours ago when we called the electricity company.
“In fact, we were shown a message from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) yesterday saying that the National Control Centre at Oshogbo in Osun State, which is responsible for all TCN grid stations, gave the instruction to be on zero loads for DisCos receiving supplies from the NDPHC”.
Eko DisCo and Aba Power are the two Nigerian distribution companies that import electricity from the NDPHC, a spinoff of the National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) conceived by the President Olusegun Obasanjo administration in 2004, while the rest of the power the NDPHC generates is exported to the Niger Republic, Togo, and the Benin Republic.
“The NDPHC has no gas from gas producers and suppliers like Shell and ExxonMobil because they give priority attention to generation companies (GenCos) with which it has firm supply agreements like Abuja Elecricity Distribution Company”, a source at the NCC confided in select journalists, pleading not to be identified because he has no authorisation to inform the public of goings on in the firm.
A joint security operation against terrorists has led to the rescue of nine persons in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State.
According to inside sources, Forest Guards, under the supervision of the Directorate of Security Services and working with members of the local hunters and vigilante group, embarked on bush-combing operations. They discovered a hideout of the kidnappers and engaged them.
Nine persons were rescued in two separate operations in the forest of Obbo Aiyegunle. One of the kidnappers was neutralised while others fled with gunshot injuries.
One of the rescued persons is said to be receiving medical care at an undisclosed medical facility in the local government.
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Zamfara LG Chairman Abduction: Security operatives intensify rescue efforts
Security forces are currently conducting deliberate operations at the suspected location of the terrorists, aimed at safely rescuing the abducted Chairman.
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Aliyu Danjal, Lieutenant Colonel Media Information Officer Joint Task Force (North West) Operation FANSAN YAMMA, disclosed that on hearing gunshots, troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA responded immediately and swiftly moved to the scene where they engaged in hot pursuit of the terrorists leading to a fierce exchange of fire.
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IGP Disu orders officers to shoot anyone carrying illegal firearms
Disu explained that the directive was backed by Force Order 237, which empowers police officers to respond immediately to armed threats without waiting for approval from superior officers.
The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has directed police officers across the country to shoot on sight anyone found carrying illegal firearms, as part of intensified efforts to curb insecurity.
Disu issued the directive on Friday during a stakeholders’ meeting at the Government House in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, saying the move followed President Bola Tinubu’s instruction that the lingering security crisis in the state must be brought to an end.
The police chief maintained that only authorised security personnel are legally permitted to carry firearms, warning that law enforcement agencies would no longer tolerate the unlawful possession of weapons.
” You cannot move around freely carrying arms as if there is no law and order in this country. It will not be tolerated,” he said.
Disu explained that the directive was backed by Force Order 237, which empowers police officers to respond immediately to armed threats without waiting for approval from superior officers.
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