Nigeria, May 15 -- There was outrage on Wednesday in Imo State when officials of the Imo State Government demolished an office of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC)

The demolished office was the EEDC's District Headquarters in Orlu Local Government Area of the state.

EEDC is the power distribution company in charge of electricity supply in south-east Nigeria.

PREMIUM TIMES learnt that the electricity company could not retrieve any equipment or property because its staffers were allegedly denied access to the facility and arrested by some security agencies.

The EEDC spokesperson, Emeka Ezeh, in a statement on Wednesday, said an excavator deployed by the state government demolished the structure without prior notice or ex...