Darkness looms in Lagos communities over faulty power distribution lines

Some Lagos communities may experience black out due to the detected faults along the power distribution lines, it has gathered.

The affected communities are, Alaba, Okoko, Oba Daudu, Seriki, Cassidy, Cele Nizer, PPL, Mebamu, Alaba International Market, Okin Road and environs.

The management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EkoDisco) in a statement it issued via its verified Facebook page @ Eko Electricity Distribution Company, said the outages were occasionally identified faults.

The company, however, disclosed that its technical team had started work to rectify the faults, and appealed to its consumers to exercise patience.

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“Dear Valued Customer, the present outages you are experiencing on Okoko, Ijanikin and Alaba Feeders are due to identified faults. Areas affected: Alaba, Okoko, Oba Daudu, Seriki, Cassidy, Cele Nizer, PPL, Mebamu, Alaba International Market, Okin Road and environs. Our technical team is working to rectify the faults. Please, bear with us”, the company said.

A consumer, Mose Oluwasegunfunmi Temidayo, called on the company to restore power to his Ojo community, adding that in the last four months power supply to the community has been blinking.

Another consumer, Godwin Arthur Ntefreh, said: “I am really not happy with the rate of power distribution in Ibeju Lekki. They brought the light just for two days and then collected the bill from us and took the light again for 4 days now, no power at Awoyaya and Ologufe after collecting our money. You people should better restore light or else I won’t pay the next bill. Imagine making payments of 21,000 Naira monthly, and you don’t even have power for 4 hours in a day”.