Blackout: Corpses In Army Mortuaries Are Decomposing — COAS Lagbaja Laments
According to Lt Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, the Chief of Army Staff, a prolonged power outage is causing corpses in mortuaries in some Nigerian Army barracks to decompose.
The Army chief revealed this information when he went to Abuja to see Chief Adebayo Adelabu, the Minister of Power, to request assistance with its N42 billion debt to the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, or AEDC.
He filed an appeal to have the Nigerian Army's electricity debt settled after power distribution companies disconnected several Army barracks and cantonments.
“Debt owed is loaded on the meter, so no matter the amount of credit we put, the meters pick it automatically. Corp§£s in the Army mortuaries are decomposing and the owners of the corpses are protesting,” he said.
Adding that, “the army couldn't raise funds to pay the entire debt, as he solicited liquidation as was done in 2005 by the then President.”
In a statement released in Abuja by Bolaji Tunji's media assistant, the power minister's Lagbaja stated that the primary purpose of his visit was to talk about the aftermath of the power outage in Army formations and potential next steps.
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