Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos in darkness as power outage worsens
Several millions of Lagos residents have continued to grope in widespread darkness in the capital city as the electricity supply worsens.
Two energy firms, Eko Electricity Distribution Company and the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, supplying power to Nigeria’s commercial nerve, blamed a faulty transmission line for the energy crisis.
This was disclosed in separate statements to customers.
IKEDC said there “has been a significant load shedding exercise across Ikeja Electric’s franchise areas due to a fault on a transmission infrastructure,” resulting in “widespread power supply disruptions and instability.”
EKEDC explained in its statement that it was experiencing reduced power allocation from “our TCN partners due to faults on the 330kV lines feeding the Lagos region.
“The situation has resulted in the continued load shedding across our network, leading to the current power situation you are experiencing,” stated EKEDC
TCN spokesman Ndidi Mbah did not immediately respond to Peoples Gazette’s request for comment on the situation.
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