Vandals strike gas pipelines, plunge nine Abia communities into darkness

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Residents in the Aba Ringfence, comprising nine of the 17 local government areas in Abia State, are currently experiencing their first power outage due to an attack on the Aba Power Plant gas pipelines by vandals.

It was gathered that the vandals, searching for crude oil and petroleum products to steal, attacked the Eastern Gas Network, which supplies gas to the power station, over the weekend.

This was disclosed in a press statement issued by the Managing Director of Aba Power, Ugo Opiegbe, on Monday.

Opiegbe said that the development comes after 31 days of continuous power supply in the communities.