The Management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) Plc has appealed to its numerous customers in parts of Ogun State that are currently without power supply.
The affected towns and communities are Papalanto, Arigbajo, Ejio Ifo, Agosti, Olomu road, Ososun village, Coker, Akinside, Ibogun, Oju-sango, PMakoto Babyoku, Agebgise, Ogun bade, Iyana Cele, Iyana Ilogbo, Owode, Ijako, Isorosi, Ishaka Igbala, Ijako-Sugar, Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway, Ilaro town and Igbogila.
The rest are Oja Odan, Ilaro poly, Pay, Idiroko, Ipokia, Lease, Igua, Farm settlement, Ibese, Ijoga, Ibara oriole, Ijoun, Imasayi, Abule oke, Maria, Yewa, Ajegunle, Abalabi, Akinside, Akinbo, Olorunsogo, Ilaro road, Weybridge, Gudugba, Abule Oko, Bonny Pie industries, Waterworks and Lapeleke.
A statement signed by the Chief Technical Officer, Engr Akin Abiodun, apologised for the disruption in supply and said that the outage was due to a heavy fault on a 33kV line that had a backlash on the grounding transformer at the TCN Sub-station at Papalanto.
The grounding transformer, which forms part of the power transformer’s protection, has to be replaced before the supply can be restored.
‘’Our technical team is working assiduously with their TCN counterparts to ensure power supply is restored as soon as possible” Engr Abiodun said.
He further explained that IBEDC is not insensitive to the effect of this outage on the customers.
“Once again, we sincerely apologise for the inconvenience and seek the understanding and patience of all in the affected communities.”
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com
