Nigeria, Feb. 13 -- The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has explained that the current blackout in Nigeria's south-east is due to a fault on the Mando-Shiroro Transmission line, which has affected power supply in some parts of the region.

EEDC is the electricity distribution company which, through its subsidiaries, serves the five South-eastern states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states.

The spokesperson for the EEDC, Emeka Ezeh, in a statement on Thursday evening, stressed that the electricity firm was undertaking emergency load management in parts of its network due to the fault.

"As a result of this, the National Control Centre (NCC), Oshogbo, has advised that we maintain only 44MW on the Onitsha/New Haven 3...