List of communities to experience eight-day blackout
Warri and Effurun in Warri South and Uvwie Local Government Areas of Delta State will experience an eight-day blackout From Monday, December 4 to Monday, December 11, 2023.
This was revealed by the Benin Electricity Distribution Company in a statement released by the BEDC, Warri Region, copies of which were made available to journalists on Sunday night.
The statement said the anticipated weeklong power outage will allow the electrical distribution firm, fix its panel circuit breakers at Okoloba.
The statement partly reads, “This is to inform our esteemed customers, that we are replacing the old 11KV Indoor Panel Circuit Breakers at Okoloba ISS, tomorrow Monday 4th December 2023, and to be completed on or before 11th December 2023.
“The affected areas include, PTI, Airport Road, Sapele Road, Effurun, and Warri environs respectively.
“Please kindly bear with us, as BEDC is committed to serving you better”.
According to reports, Warri and Effurun metropolitan only recently recovered from a two-week BEDC blackout.