Electricity Consumers Association, Sokoto State chapter, on Monday, demanded the payment of? N1 billion as compensation from the PHCN for allegedly disrupting electricity supply to the state in the last three days.
Electricity workers in the state carried out their threat of disconnecting the state at the expiration of a two-week ultimatum to Gov. Aliyu Wamakko to apologise over an alleged manhandling of one of their colleagues, an allegation which the governor had since denied.
The Chairman of the chapter, Alhaji Ibrahim Ahmed, said at a news conference in Sokoto that five people died while property worth millions of naira were destroyed during the period.
He said that three persons died at the Usman Danfodio Teaching Hospital while two others died at the Sokoto Specialist Hospital due to unavailability of power supply.
He said that already, the association was compiling a list of its members who lost property due to the electricity problem during the period.
The association also called on the management of the company to, as a matter of urgency, restore power supply to the state.
Ahmed called on the company to ensure full implementation of the New Tariff Order for the grouping of electricity into urban-rural commercial consumers.
He urged the public to remain peaceful and law abiding, for the overall political growth of the state.
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