The Enugu Sate government has raised alarm over series of illegal connections of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) lines feeding government establishments to private offices and homes by unscrupulous individuals.
A statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Information, Barrister Steve Oruruo made available to African Examiner in Enugu disclosed that such illicit acts include “electrical load diversion, voltage (415) bypass, tapping all manner of unlawful connections”.
Oruruo stressed that the criminal acts were surreptitiously executed by the perpetrators to defraud the state government. The statement added that the state government directed “all defaulting persons to disconnect forthwith such illegal connections or face the full wrath of the law. According Orurou, the government enjoined the public to report all cases of illegal and fraudulent connections to the appropriate authorities.
