Drama as Rivers women stormed the office of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company protesting the prolonged power outage.
The women lamented over the prolonged power outage in some part of the state, saying their husband barely have sex with them at night due to the excruciating heat.
The protesters matched from the Mile 2 and Mile 3 axis of Diobu, Port Harcourt barricaded the PHED office near the Isaac Boro Park in Port Harcourt.
They stormed the office of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company with different instructions on their placard like; “We lack romance with our husbands’, ‘Our husbands no longer touch us at night’, no light, no payment’, ‘The heat is too much,’ ‘PHED help us to sleep well with our husbands’, and many more.
One of the woman who spoke with journalists stressed that they find it hard to preserve their cooked food.
“This lack of light (electricity) is making our soup sour. Even when our husbands want to make love to us, the heat will not allow it. We can’t even charge our phones and preserve our food. We are worried.”
Another protester who gave her name as Nene, said “This protest is for PHED to give us light. We are paying bills but not seeing the light. Our pot of soup getting bad, and even having sex with our husbands is a problem because of heat.
“Last night, my husband wanted to have fun with me but the heat was too much, and I could not. We could not do anything. So PHED should give us light or else we will not pay the bill for this month.”
Meanwhile, the Public Relations Officer with the PEHD, Livingstone Koko, said the current situation was beyond the control of the company.
Koko stated, “It is a value chain constraint. It is beyond our control. However, we also share their sentiments and try to let them know that we are working with other players in the industry to ensure that supply is being restored.
“It is nothing short of what is being experienced around the country. So we are aware of the challenge and we apologise and ask them to bear with us.”
