The victims were electrocuted in their various homes at about 3am as the fire generated razed houses and shops in the community
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Engr. Abdu Mohammed, the Managing Director of the company, disclosed this at an event in Tudun-Wada, Jos.
This was revealed by Dr. Adakole Elijah, JEDC’s Head of Corporate Communications.
The JEDC Head, Corporate Communications, Dr Adakole Elijah, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Gombe on Monday, said 30 cases of transformer oil theft were also recorded during the period.
Tukur Modibbo, the chairman, Jos Electricity Distribution Company Plc, says the management of the company is ready to sell it off due to poor returns on investment.
The Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Company, Alhaji Mohammed Modibbo Gidado, debunked the insinuation on Tuesday during an interactive session with newsmen in Jos
Among those sacked across its four states of Plateau, Gombe, Bauchi and Benue were marketers, linesmen, network engineers, cable joiners and electrical fitters
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the fire started around 5pm on Tuesday
This was part of the decisions at the 15th monthly meeting of Babatunde Fashola, the Minister for Power, Works and Housing, with operators of the power sector in Jos, Plateau State on Monday
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that Peter Ewesor, the Managing Director of NEMSA, had alleged that the installed meters were not certified by the agency after inspection on Thursday
The company said none of the four states under its coverage has been spared by the vandals
The JEDC Managing Director, Alhaji Mohammed Gidado Modibbo, made the observation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Jos, the Plateau State capital
Modibbo spoke against the backdrop of nationwide picketing of electricity formations by labour unions protesting the recent tariff hike that took off last week