Nigeria, May 7 -- Governor Alex Otti of Abia State says his administration wants to buy the part of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) that supplies electricity to Umuahia, the Abia State capital.

Mr Otti explained that the decision was to provide an uninterrupted power supply to the Umuahia axis of the state, where Geometric Power does not cover.

The governor spoke on Monday at the Geometric Power Station in Aba during an event in the facility, according to a Monday statement from his spokesperson, Ukoha Njoku.

The event, which was a reception, was organised by the management of Geometric Power.

Nigeria's former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, performed the commissioning ceremony of the company's new "2 X 15 MVA, Ogbor Hill ...