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Some parts of Rivers State are currently experiencing electricity outages.
The Port Harcourt Electricity distribution company, PHED, confirmed the outage in a public notice on Tuesday.
DAILY POST gathered that the outage had been on for over 17 hours.
PHED blamed the outage on collapsed poles around Springhill, Uyo Street in Port Harcourt, which interrupted power supply from its Rumuola Feeder 3 and Refinery Feeder 2.
The areas affected by the outage include Rumuomasi, Rumola, Orazi, Rumuomio, Rumuigbo and Rumuorosi, GRA, waterlines, Oroworokwo, Oromoroezimgbu, Rumuokwuta and Bori camp all in Rivers state.
“Kindly be informed that Rumuola Feeder 3 and Refinery Feeder 2 are out of supply due to collapsed poles around Springhill and Uyo Street.
“Areas affected include Rumuomasi, Rumola, Orazi, Rumuomio, Rumuigbo and Rumuorosi. Others are GRA, waterlines, Oroworokwo, Oromoroezimgbu, Rumuokwuta and Bori camp.
“Our technical team has been mobilized to replace the collapsed poles and restore the feeders. We assure customers within these areas that supply will be restored as soon as work is completed”, the company stated.