Court Orders PHCN To Restore Power In Sokoto

The Sokoto State Chief Judge, Justice A’ishat Dahiru, has restrained the PHCN from disrupting power supply to any premises within the state.

With this development, PHCN is expected to restore electricity supply which had been disrupted since three days in the state.

The court order followed an exparte motion filed by Sokoto State Government, challenging the PHCN over a blackout of the state by the corporation over an alleged assault on its staff by Governor Aliyu Wamakko.

The governor had since denied the allegation.

The government had prayed the court to make an order of perpetual injunction, restraining the first defendant (PHCN), its agents and or privies, from disrupting the generation, transmission and sale of electricity to consumers in the state.

Other reliefs sought included an order of mandatory injunction, directing PHCN and its agents to continue to maintain electricity transmission lines and apparatus throughout the state.

The plaintiff also urged the court to give a perpetual injunction restraining the second defendant, National Union of Electricity Employees, from taking any action to disrupt the generation, transmission, supply and sale of electricity to consumers.

The government urged the court to grant an injunction against the first and the second defendants, from interfering with the generation, transmission and sale of electricity to any premises owned or controlled by either the executive, legislative or the judiciary arms of government.