The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) said about 32 of their utility vehicles were destroyed when gunmen attacked its facility located inside the headquarters of Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Suspected arsonists attacked the council headquarters in the early hours of Monday and set some structures ablaze, including the EEDC facility and vehicles.
The attackers also razed a Magistrate Court building inside the council secretariat.
The spokesperson for the EEDC, Emeka Ezeh, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, said the incident shocked the electricity distribution company.
“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.
Mr Ezeh said the arsonists…
