By CHIEDU UCHE OKOYE

Residents of Mmakwum village, Obosi, Anambra State, have cried out to officials of Enugu Electricity Development Company (EEDC), begging them to repair their damaged electricity transformer, fallen electricity poles, and snapped wires, which caused the area to be without electricity supply.

It is believed that a truck plowed into a transformer, which was supplying electricity to the Eke Obosi market area, and caused colossal damage to it.

However, some residents of the area conjectured that the downpour that was witnessed in the area on May 26, 2026, may have uprooted the electric poles, causing the wires to snap, and damaged the transformer.

The damaged transformer was installed near Eke Obosi market, and the fallen electricity poles used to stand along Eke Obosi-Eke-Nkpor road, too.

A community leader in Obosi, who is a member of the revered Ndi Nze na Ozo Obosi, Nze Isaac Ejindu, begged EEDC officials in Obosi to examine the extent of damage done to the transformer and electricity poles and repair them, as soon as possible.

"I am calling on wealthy Obosi indigenes and EEDC officials to address this problem, which has cropped up, speedily.

"Electricity is pivotal to our economic survival," Ejindu said.

"And Mr. John Onyebuchi, who does wielding work near Eke Obosi market, lamented that he had spent a considerable amount of money on the purchase of fuel, which he used to power his generator for wielding work.

"The cost of fuel is exorbitant. And if I continue to buy fuel to do my job, I will incur great losses or become bankrupt.

"So I am begging wealthy Obosi natives and EEDC officials to fix the problem of damaged transformer, fallen electricity poles, and snapped wires, expeditiously, so as to restore electricity supply in the area," Onyebuchi said.

Obosi people, who live in the Mmakwum area, are visibly worried because it is characteristic of EEDC officials to pussyfoot on doing their job whenever an area is without electricity supply.

•Chiedu is of the Anambra State Ministry of Information.