Blackout: Chief Of Army Staff Raises Alarm Over Decomposing Corpses In Mortuary

Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, the Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), has made an appeal for the liquidation of the N42bn electricity debt of the Nigerian Army following the disconnection of various Army barracks and cantonments by power distribution companies.

The Army Chief further made public that the blackouts in barracks had led to the decomposition of corpses in Army mortuaries, a development that had warranted protests by owners of the corpses.

Lt. General Lagbaja made the appeal when he visited the Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, in Abuja, where the minister had hinted to him that the debt would be restructured and not written off.

In a statement issued in Abuja by the media aide to the power minister, Bolaji Tunji, the Army Chief was quoted as saying that the main reason for his visit was to discuss the consequences of the power outage in Army formations and the way forward.

General Lagbaja expressed regret that some barracks and cantonments had been in total blackout since January.

“Debt owed is loaded on the meter, so no matter the amount of credit we put, the meters pick it automatically. 

“Corpses in the Army mortuaries are decomposing and the owners of the corpses are protesting.

“The Army couldn’t raise funds to pay the entire debt”, he said.

General Lagbaja described blackouts in Army barracks and cantonments as security threats.

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