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Angry youths of Ugbiyoko community in Edo State have attacked staff of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), leaving him with a leg fracture.
A video making the rounds online shows the PHCN staff being transported in a vehicle to a local hospital where he is said to be receiving treatment.
The official was said to have visited the community in Edo state to fix a line breaker when youths descended on him in anger.
It was gathered that the incident happened on Monday, and his leg was broken during the assault.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the youths were furious and angry over the fact that the community has been in total darkness for over a month.
Two of his colleagues who accompanied him to Ugbiyoko were also held hostage by angry members of the community.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that PHCN, formerly the National Electric Power Authority (NEPA), is an organization governing the use of electricity in Nigeria.
During the era when it operated as NEPA, the company managed a football team, NEPA Lagos. It represents Nigeria in the West African Power Pool.
The history of electricity development in Nigeria can be traced back to the end of the 19th century when the first generating power plant was installed in the city of Lagos in 1898.
From then until 1950, the pattern of electricity development was in the form of individual electricity power undertaking scattered all over the towns.
Some of the few undertakings were Federal Government bodies under the Public Works Department, some by the Native Authorities and others by the Municipal Authorities.