Three policemen and six employees of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) escaped being lynched following attacks on them by angry mob in different parts of Yenagoa, the state capital of Bayelsa.
The youths were angry that amidst darkness for many days in
their various suburbs, the PHCN workers still came with policemen as protection
to disconnect wires and recover debts.
It was gathered that the Business Service Manager, PHED,
Pere Alazigha was cut with a machete and left in the pool of his blood by the
youths.
Also one of the workers identified as Christian Umegbewe
was reportedly pushed down from the ladder during the disconnection process
and injured.
It was also said that the security operatives attached to
the PHCN team that went to Epie community in Yenagoa were also attacked along
with the company’s staff.
Speaking on the development, the Head, Glory City Main
Integrated Business Centre, Yenagoa, Mrs. Ngozi Manafa, said that the vehicle which
the workers came to the community with was also damaged with its windscreen
shattered.
There
was also a similar occurence in Koroma in Gbarain clan of Bayelsa state, where
one PHED staff was held hostage and the pick-up van that brought him was also
damaged.
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