The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company has pointed the finger at cable vandals for the recent power outage affecting some areas in the Federal Capital Territory.
This revelation came to light in a notice released by the AEDC on Friday.
The power outage, which endured for over 24 hours, primarily impacted the Garki areas, leaving residents around locations such as the Niger Delta Power Holding Company office, Security Exchange Commission, Fraser Suite, and Grand Square without electricity.
In an official statement, the AEDC clarified the situation, saying, “The Management of AEDC wishes to update its esteemed customers in Garki 1 to 7 and environs that upon the restoration of 33Kv feeder H1 from Apo transmission station at 11:29 am today, a suspected cable fault was detected, which has caused the current outage to our valued customers in Areas 1 to 7.”
AEDC had previously announced a scheduled nine-hour blackout in certain districts for Saturday, October 28, due to a planned maintenance exercise by the Transmission Company of Nigeria on its 132/33 kV Kukwaba station.
