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Disaster● ElevatedAug 2 · Aug 2, 2026, 7:30 AM

Gas supply disruption shuts Geometric Power plant, plunges Aba into darkness

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Vanguard Nigeria

By Udeme Akpan Aba residents across the Ring-fence Area, covering nine of Abia State’s 17 local government areas, were plunged into darkness on Friday evening following an abrupt disruption in natural gas supply to the 188-megawatt Geometric Power Plant at the Osisioma Industrial Layout. The outage, which began around 6:30 p.m., halted electricity generation at […] The post Gas supply disruption shuts Geometric Power plant, plunges Aba into darkness appeared first on Vanguard News.

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