Afrigather The Managing Director of the Bayelsa Electrical energy Firm Restricted, Mr Olice Kemenanabo, has attributed the extended energy outage in Yenagoa and its environs to a deadly motor accident that occurred across the Opolo space of the state capital penultimate week.
Two lives have been misplaced within the incident after a car crashed into an electrical pole and broken a number of others, ensuing within the interruption of electrical energy provide to affected areas with shoppers groaning.
Kemenanabo, who can be the chairman of the Port Harcourt Electrical energy Distribution Firm, defined this in a press release he signed and issued to journalists on Tuesday.
Expressing remorse concerning the blackout, he stated, “The present blackout in elements of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital and environs, is a results of a car that crashed into and broken a number of electrical poles within the Opolo space of Yenagoa.
“Two lives have been reportedly misplaced as a result of crash.
“The impact of the accident was a fault that cascaded into the 132/33kV Transmission Substation at Gbarain, with a heavy bang that brought on an inferno and gutted the 33kv feeder switchgear, the safety and management techniques and different delicate electrical tools.
“This enormous injury has thrown the state into darkness, which is extremely regrettable.”
Kemenanabo famous that the broken transmission substation was not inside the purview of the state, however Governor Douye Diri had directed the state Ministry of Energy and the administration of the BECL to interface with the Transmission Firm of Nigeria, house owners of the asset, and different associated companies to shortly consider the state of affairs to revive provide as quickly as attainable.
The BECL boss urged residents to stay calm because the state was working with the Federal Ministry of Energy, TCN and different related companies to make sure the restoration of energy provide to the affected areas.
He additionally referred to as on members of the general public to be vigilant and report any unscrupulous exercise as vandals might reap the benefits of the state of affairs.
“We will proceed to recurrently replace the state as we progress till energy is totally restored”, Kemenanabo stated.
