Residents of Acha axis, off Emelogu Road, Ogbor Hill, Aba, Abia State have sent a Save Our Soul message to Prof Barth Nnaji, founder of Geometric Power, owners of Aba Power Limited (APL) over a power outage in the area occasioned by a faulty transformer that has put them in darkness for the past five months.

In the SOS signed by Chief Edede Ogbogu, Chairman, and Anozie Nwanyanwu, secretary, the Electricity Committee, Acha/Emelogu Road, the residents chronicled how for five months, they have not had electricity in their area.

They said sometime in October last year, the power supply to the area went off as a result of a faulty transformer.

The people said despite a prompt report of the incident to Aba Power Limited (APL), it took the company two months to lift the transformer for repairs.

They said three months after the transformer was lifted for repairs, it was yet to be returned.

“We are writing to draw your attention to the treatment being meted out to us as an electricity zone by the Operation and Maintenance Department of APL.

“They have refused to return our failed and repaired transformer for the past five months. We have made several appeals to the COO and HOD Maintenance but to no avail. Please we appeal for your quick intervention to save us from this continued total darkness since October 2023 to date, which advantage the night marauders have capitalized on to terrorize us in the zone.”

In an interview, Ogbogu said the last time they met with officials of APL on the issue, they were told residents of the area owed APL N40m and that the transformer could only be returned if they offset the said debt.

However, he said checks he made indicated the said debt was estimated bills the company raised in the first two months the transformer packed before it was lifted for repairs. (The Nation)