The Nigerian electricity transmission system, popularly known as national grid, has collapsed, plunging major cities in the country into darkness.
Platforms Africa reports quoting sources at the National Control Centre Oshogbo in Osun State that the grid failure occured at 1.49 pm. .
The sources provided no information on the cause of the system failure or when power is expected to be restored.
Meanwhile, distribution companies hace taken turns to inform their customers about the developments.
Aba Power Ltd has notified consumers in its ring-fenced area covering nine local government areas in Abia State it services of the development.
Apologising for the blackout, the utility firm, Nigeria’s 12th distribution company, pledged to resume power supply once the “problem is sorted out”.
In a statement signed by Patrick Umeh, the Aba Power Managing Director who used to be a commissioner with the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), the company said “The NCC engineers are sparing no effort to restore electricity throughout the country as soon as possible”.
Some parts of Lagos State have also been thrown into hours of darkness.
A message reportedly delivered by Ikeja Electric to customers showed the utility firm apologising for the long period of outage.
The DisCo said, ‘Dear Prestige Customer, Kindly be informed that the present outage is due toa fault in the system collapse. Supply will be restored as soon as possible. Kindly bear with us”.
