Residents lament power outage
Residents of Ije-Ododo in Ojo area of Lagos yesterday urged Ikeja Electric Distribution Company (IKEDC) to urgently restore power to the community.
They claimed that the community was thrown into darkness following Monday’s pipeline explosion, which damaged many electricity poles.
The explosion, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), followed illegal activities by suspected vandals at NNPC’s pipeline at Ije-Ododo.
The Baale of Ije-Ododo, Alhaji Tajudeen Subair-Ododo, told NAN that the community has been thrown into darkness since explosion, adding that it used to experience such outage for several months whenever pipelines exploded.
He, enjoined the electricity company to replace the affected poles.
Mr Taofik Idowu, a teacher, said the outage had a terrible economic impact on the community, as business activities, adding: “This is not the first time that pipeline explosion has occurred here. Members of the community are the ones suffering for the outage.’’
Mrs Chinyere Okorie, a frozen food seller, said the outage is affecting her business, noting: “The damage done by the pipeline explosion to electricity poles has started affecting my business. We were just thanking the electricity company because power was stable and this has happened now. After the last explosion, we suffered for three months. Only God knows when power supply will be restored in the community,” she said.
Mr Pekun Adeyanju, Assistant General Manager, Public Affairs Division, Ikeja Electric, said the fire would soon begin repair of the poles.
Adeyanju said the management was aware of the problem, adding that the company would soon swing into action to put things in order. He appealed to the community to bear with the company.
Meanwhile, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said last night that the pipeline fire has been put out.
Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, the NEMA spokesman in the South-West, said the rains and swampy nature of the land made it difficult for emergency officials to reach the site of the incident early.
He said that platforms made of wooden planks were constructed to enable officials reach the site
“But thank God, we have gotten to the fire point and with the assistance of emergency agencies, the fire has been put off,’’ he said.
Farinloye said that pumping of petroleum products would resume immediately after the affected pipeline had been repaired.
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