Why you won’t have electricity for 5 days if you live in VI, Ikoyi

monjola sotubo

May 22, 2017 11:57 AM

The blackout will affect Ikoyi, Victoria Island and parts of Lagos Island from Wednesday, May 24 to Sunday, May 28.

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola

Some parts of Lagos will be left in the dark for five days due to technical and maintenance issues, the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) says.

The EKEDC made the announcement on Monday, May 22, through a statement by spokesman, Godwin Idemudia.

“We want to inform our esteem customers that from Wednesday, May 24 to Sunday, May 28, there will be an outage within Ikoyi, Victoria Island and parts of Lagos Island,” Idemudia said.

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He added that the outage was necessary to allow the maintenance crew from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) address technical issues at the Alagbon transmission station.

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