Minister of State for Power, Alhaji Mohammed Wakil on Sunday blamed the prolonged power outage in Borno state on the Boko Haram insurgency and sabotage currently raging the state.
The statement said that government had made several attempts at restoring the power supply, which was cut off in June 2014 after a suspected terror attack on the Damboa Power Sub-station.
The statement boasted that there were places in Maiduguri where there was constant electricity supply but that as soon as reconnections had been done the lines had been vandalized.
It said further that Wakil in a meeting with military chiefs requested for special security cover which was granted and this led to the latest attempt by the ministry to reconnect the state.
It said that the power lines covered a large area, making it difficult to police.