Nigeria, April 6 -- Akwa Ibom State has been without power supply for two days now.

The blackout which began on Friday morning has forced business owners and residents to resort to power generators.

The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution (PHED) Company, which distributes power to the state, is yet to issue a statement on the power outage.

"It's been 24 hours of darkness in Uyo and @PHEDconnect doesn't have the decency to apologise and state why we've been kept in darkness," Rose Akai, a former radio-talk show host, wrote on X, on Saturday.

"So for yesterday 20hrs daily light was not supplied as promised for the insane amount B and A customers are now being charged," she added.

Continuing, she asked the country's electricity regul...