- National grid collapses
- Major cities in darkness
Several cities across the country were thrown into darkness after the national grid collapsed. Distribution Companies (DisCos) issued statements to notify consumers of the grid collapse. This would be the fourth recorded system collapse of the national grid network this year.
Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), in a statement, said, ”Dear valued customer, we regret to inform you of a system collapse on the National Grid that’s causing outages across our network. We are working with our TCN partners to restore supply as soon as possible.”
Ikeja Electric, which serves Lagos, also stated the collapse. ”Dear Esteemed Customer, the current power outage is due to a nationwide system collapse that occurred at about 12:26hrs. Power supply will be restored gradually to various parts of the network as soon as the Grid is stabilized. Kindly bear with us.” the statement read.
The Head of Corporate Communications for Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), Mr Emeka Ezeh, also said, ”Please be informed that we lost supply this morning from our sources of power at Awada-New Haven and Egbu Transmission stations, due to a total system collapse,” he said. ”Work is ongoing by the TCN engineers to identify the fault, clear it and restore supply accordingly,” he added.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) is yet to issue a statement.