Residents of Akiriboto, a town in Ayedaade local government area of Osun State have called for government and individual’s support in their effort to restore power supply to the community.
According to the residents, the community has been in total blackout for the past three months without any hope of power restoration in sight.
Meanwhile, the power outage was as result of vandalization of electricity installation and theft of some cable.
The residents lamented that the blackout has since been aiding robbery in the community, particularly at poultry farms.
This medium gathered that the blackout has forced residents in the area to abandon poultry farming, which the community is known for as a result of constant robbery at different poultries.
Also, there has been an increase in cases of stealing of motorcycles in the midnight, according to the residents.
Speaking on the issue on Monday, a poultry farmer, Mukaila Mutairu, called on the government and Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company to accede to the community’s demand of restoring power supply to the area.
The blackout has led to hike in the rates of crime in the village. The people in the community are known for poultry farming.
“However, the blackout has made farmers to lose great numbers of their poultry. Unknown people keep using the blackout to steal poultry in the community. If we had electricity, these robberies would not be as rampant as this.”
