EKEDC explains reasons for blackout in Yaba and environs

The Eko Electricity Distribution Company has blamed the persistent blackout in Yaba and its environs on the railway construction work, ongoing near Tejuosho market.

In a statement signed by EKEDC Head of Corporate Communications, Godwin Idemudia, he revealed that excavation of the railway site exposed underground cables that were instrumental to the supply of electricity to places in Yaba & environs, further stating that the cables were vandalised and stolen by unscrupulous elements.

The issue was detected by the Operations and Maintenance team of EKEDC on routine surveillance of the feeder. Further investigation discovered that suspected cable thieves had carted away 180 meters of the cable which has caused outage to customers in the following areas;

Tejuosho Market, Montogomery, Ojuelegba, Abeokuta Express, Borno Way, Freeman, Capital Works, Herbert Macaulay, Sabo Express, Muritala Mohammed, Jacob Mews amongst others.

EKEDC BLAMES BLACKOUT IN YABA AND ENVIRONS ON RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION WORK

— Eko Electricity Distribution Company (@EKEDP) March 19, 2020

He said: “We are yet to ascertain if this was a deliberate act by the company (CCECC) for whatever reason or its construction workers took advantage of the situation for personal gains.

"However, we can confirm that this is not the first case of a similar incident involving the company and it is our duty to inform customers of the source of their inconvenience."

Idemudia assured customers that investigations are being conducted to apprehend the culprits and prevent such incidents from recurring. He also pleaded with customers to exercise patience while efforts to resolve the issue and restore supply as soon as possible are underway.