Nigeria, Nov. 18 -- Some parts of Imo State were plunged into darkness on Monday, following the withdrawal of services by electricity workers in the south-eastern state.

The withdrawal of services by the electricity workers followed an allegation that some armed police operatives had invaded the Egbu 132/33kV Transmission Substation in Owerri, the state capital, on Saturday.

Transpower Electricity Distribution Company (TCN), the DisCo serving the area, has confirmed that the police operation directly led to the statewide blackout.

In a statement on Sunday, Acting General Secretary of the National Union of Electricity Employees, Dominic Igwebike, claimed that heavily armed police officers stormed the substation, assaulted workers, and f...