The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (Eko DISCO) on Monday appealed to its customers along the Ajah-Lekki axis to bear with it for the on-going power outage in the area.
Mr Godwin Idemudia, Head, Media Communications Strategy of Eko DISCO, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the blackout in the area had been on since two Fridays ago.
Idemudia said the outage was caused by a serious problem with the Ajah-Oworonshoki line from which electricity was fed to all customers in Ajah and Lekki.
“All customers along Lekki and Ajah feed from Ajah-Oworoshoki line which has developed a serious electricity distribution problem.
“The 60MVA transformer which supplies power to customers within the axis is faulty. The equipment installed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) cannot distribute energy,’’ he said.
Idemudia said the faulty equipment was supplied by the TCN’s main contractor, Pivot Company, which had in turn hired Siemens to import the equipment from Turkey.
He noted that both the contractor and the supplier did not envisage such problems and when they could not handle the problem, they brought in an expert from the company in Turkey.
Idemudia said Eko DISCO was truly concerned by the development.
He called on the Nigeria Independent Power Projects (NIPP) and TCN to come to its aid to resolve the problem and curtail its customers’ travails since the outage began.
He assured the customers that the company was doing all it could, including discussing with TCN and Siemens to rectify the problem.
Idemudia said Eko DISCO was also suffering from the outage because it had affected their payment system.