Lagos People Don Vex Scatter Over Blackout, Storm Ikeja Electric Head-on!

Residents wey dey Governor’s Road, Ikotun for Alimosho Local Government, Lagos don face Ikeja Electric serious gbas gbos over power wahala wey don hold ground for over 10 days straight. Di chairman of Igando Peace Estate Phase IV CDA, Emmanuel Joseph, wey speak on top di matter for residents, para say di blackout don make life hard for both families and business people for di area, scatter daily activities, and even dey put their electrical appliances at risk because of the way light dey come and go anyhow. For one statement wey Joseph write give Ikeja Disco Managing Director, titled ‘Complaint on Prolonged Power Outage Without Communication’, him talk say since over 10 days now, everywhere don dark and Ikeja Electric never yan anything give residents wey dey suffer am. Di statement talk: “On top di matter wey dey worry all of us for Governors Road, Ikotun, I dey write on behalf of di residents to talk our serious concern say light don waka for over ten (10) days now and Ikeja Electric never talk anything or give us any update at all.”

“Wetin dey pain us pass no be just say we no get light and money dey waste, na say una never talk anything since. Nobody sabi wetin cause di wahala, when una go bring back light, or wetin una dey do to solve di matter. Everywhere just dark, both for real and for mind. “We dey fear well well for di condition and safety of the things wey dey ground for our area like transformer, cable and other electric equipment. We wan know wetin una don put in place to protect all these things make dem no spoil, make person no thief am, or make anything bad no happen to dem as light still no dey.” Based on everything we don talk above, we dey respectfully beg make una provide the following:

Clear explanation of why our community don dey without light for over 10 days now. Wetin really cause di blackout? When una go bring back light? We wan know di time wey una dey plan to restore normal power supply. How una go dey communicate with us going forward during service wahala like dis? We need better communication so that people no go dey confused or frustrated. Wetin una don put in place to protect and maintain all the electric equipment like transformer and cable for our area during this long blackout? We believe say Ikeja Electric, as responsible company, go take this matter serious, do wetin right, and win back people trust through clear communication and fast action.” “We dey wait make una respond sharp sharp.” Meanwhile, Ikeja Electric don talk say di reason why everywhere dark na because one power transformer for Oke Afa injection substation don spoil, and e don affect all di 11kV feeders. Dem talk say,“Di shortage of light wey everybody dey experience now for all our 11kV feeders na because transformer for Oke Afa injection substation don get fault. Make una note say light no go stable until we finish di repair. Dis matter dey affect 90% of our customers.”