By Damilare Adeleye
Millions of Nigerians have been plunged into darkness after the national electricity infrastructure suffered system failure across the country.
It was learnt all distribution companies are currently receiving no power from the grid, leaving their feeders without electricity.
Electricity distributors also confirmed that they did not receive energy from the Transmission Company of Nigeria starting at about 7:00 p.m. on Monday as millions returned home after a long day at work.
Abuja Electricity said the failure started at 6:58 p.m. and assured customers that efforts had been ramped up to address the crisis.
Similarly, the Eko Electricity Distribution Company also addressed the situation with a statement to its customers on X (formerly Twitter), confirming the disruption in power supply.
“Dear Valued Customer,
“Kindly be informed there was a system collapse at 18:48hrs which has resulted to a loss of power supply across our network.
“We are currently working with our partners as we hope for speedy restoration of the grid. We will keep you updated as soon as power supply is restored. Kindly bear with us,” Eko DisCo said.
The cause of collapse was not immediately clear.
This is however not the first time the national grid would suffer glitch.
Records show that this latest incident marks the sixth grid collapse in 2024.
