There was a thunderous shout and rejoice gallore in some sections around the Off campus of the kogi state University today the 3rd of November 2014, but what exactly happened. Sit back relax and fasten your seatbelt as FemstecNEWS brings to you what has been happening for weeks where we have some lodges where students lives been Blackout.
Just this Saturday the 1st day of the month of November students that are been affected by the spoilt Transformer around Asta quarters converged in front of Eagles at around 7.30am both male and female to have a peaceful protest down to the NEPA office, to journey started at about 7.50am on their way a student name (not disclosed) was hit by a motorcycle, the scene caused a little bit of turpsy-Turvy by the already angry students and there was a transfer of aggression from them to the rider, thou it was finally settled.
Exactly 8.25am by my wristwatch they got to the NEPA office low and behold all the NEPA workers, officials including the man that has been parading himself as the manager all the while and the new manager were all present. First and foremost the angry students switched off the generator and was been carried away before the leader of the peaceful protest pleaded for them to return the generator.
The NEPA manager who refused to disclose his name summoned the student for some peaceful talk and deliberation but the student remained Adamant and insisted they want to know why are they still in darkness after all this weeks, even when they have come here times without numbers to lay an official complain, the manager tried to explain but before we know what was happening the Police as already invaded the NEPA premises with guns and ammunitions, some students ran for their dear lives, of course the police didn’t shoot at anybody neither was there any casualties recorded.
The D.C.O. In person of Willy Mama summoned the students to come closer and pleaded that the manager should be given time to express his mind and say what was disturbing the transformer for been fixed. And he said “Great Nigerian students” which the students didn’t answer, he went further saying ” he knows what the students are passing through that the engineers that ought to come and run a PC&M test on the transformer from Lokoja are yet to come, that there’s a need for them to run a PC&M test on the spoilt transformer to see if its still going to be available for use”
“He pleaded that they need to be given time to be able to carry out those tests” it was there the students disclosed to the DCO that the NEPA are the brain behind been in blackout, that they know the transformer cannot accumulates so much loads, they still went further distributing the light, to the extent of a man name withheld impersonating himself as NEPA manager collecting money from houses, lodges, industries on this same 500kv transformer, to the extent of giving a particular Line known as (Reclin) to an uncompleted building after collecting over #150,000.
It would be recalled that the governor’s father Late Pa Wada before he dies played a very instrumental role for the students in bringing this transformer for them to use. And gave the students of that axis directives to report anybody that claims he’s a NEPA official trying to connect from the transformer to another axis, of which happened severally but studnets won’t just allow them to do that, its a pity that the death of the man finally brought the problem and the transformer finally spoilt due to the overloading of the NEPA workers.
The DCO having heard all this asked the student what to they want, the students said firstly they should disconnect all those that are not bonafied benefiaries of the transformer and that latest by monday the transformer should be fixed up or a new one should be provided. Immediately the NEPA put a call through to his superior in IDAH, and he ordered that the students to nominate 5 people that will come with the manager to IDAH.
On getting to IDAH they had a peaceful deliberation and concluded that the transformer should be repaired immediately, and surprisingly they started work on Sunday by repairing the gasket, pistin & Ring they bought some kegs full of Oil and was been poured in and on monday afternoon they completed what they started and it was switched on, up to the time of filling this report femstecNews gathered that the transformer is working perfectly well at least for now.
Speaking with some student at the transformer venue where the NEPA where still working, a female student Haulat yusuf 300 level mass communication dislose to this source saying ” yes now we can stay in our houses do whatever we want to do with the light and no need of carrying our gadgets outside to charge.
A male final year student Of accounting Ogbonmeh promise said, it was hell without the light one can’t complete his or her project on time without the light but now one can feel free and do whatever at will. A 100 level student by name cecilia said she has used almost the little stipents been send to her to pay for charging #50 a day if you calculate that a month you will buy a jean she laughs. But now all that is over.
The students will like to thank Some lodges like Sanctuary Lodge, Potters House, Believers Lodge, Royal Garden, Millionaires Quarters and most especially Eagles Lodge for their unrelented effort in making sure that electricity is been restored back for them, especially now that exams is fast approaching, and not forgetting the policemen, NEPA officials, and the Late Pa Wada for the role they took. Before during and after this incident.
See pictures of the scene below.
Written by Adeyanju Femi – FemstecNEWS
