By Udeme Akpan
Aba residents across the Ring-fence Area, covering nine of Abia State’s 17 local government areas, were plunged into darkness on Friday evening following an abrupt disruption in natural gas supply to the 188-megawatt Geometric Power Plant at the Osisioma Industrial Layout.
The outage, which began around 6:30 p.m., halted electricity generation at the plant, cutting power supply to customers served by Aba Power, the electricity distribution arm of the Geometric Power Group.
Confirming the development in a statement on Saturday, the Managing Director of Aba Power, Ugo Opiegbe, apologized to customers for the blackout, attributing it to technical issues affecting the company’s gas supplier.
According to him, the disruption resulted in a significant drop in gas pressure, making it impossible to operate the plant’s turbines.
