Residents lament blackout in major parts of Lagos
Peace Popoola, a Meta Campaign manager in the Ketu axis of Lagos, confirmed the blackout to The Record, stating that there had been no light in her area for the past two days.
There have been reports of blackouts in several parts of Lagos since Monday.
The Egbin Power Plant, one of Nigeria’s largest thermal generating stations in Lagos with an installed capacity of 1,320 MW, disclosed via its official X (formerly Twitter) account on Monday that it was shut down for maintenance on the gas pipeline supplying gas to the plant.
Ikeja Electric PLC also confirmed this on Wednesday via their official X account.
“We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused by this situation and assure you that normalcy will be restored upon the completion of the maintenance work,” their tweet read.
Peace Popoola, a Meta Campaign manager in the Ketu axis of Lagos, confirmed the blackout to The Record, stating that there had been no light in her area for the past two days.
“Before the blackout, it was epileptic but they still brought it,” Popoola mentioned.
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