National grid suffer second collapse in 48 hours

National Grid on Tuesday suffered a second collapse in n the last 48 hours and threw some parts of the country into darkness.

This was confirmed by The Head, Corporate Communications, Ikeja Electric Plc, Mr Felix Ofulue.

Eko Electricity Distribution Company also confirmed the partial collapse of the grid in a public notice.

According to the Electricity Distribution Companies, the collapse of the grid occurred at 5.10 p.m on Tuesday.

It was also said the situation had disrupted the power supply and created blackouts in some areas.

“Dear esteemed customers, we would like to inform you of another system collapse on the national grid which occurred at 5:10 p.m today (Tuesday).

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“We are monitoring the situation and will continue to provide updates.

Once again we apologise for the inconvenience,” Eko DisCo said in a statement.

Meanwhile, Ofulue said Ikeja Electric had received notification of the collapse and was waiting for the grid to be restored.

 The collapse is happening barely 48 hours after the national grid collapsed at 10.40 a.m on Monday resulting in blackouts in some parts of the country.

Supply was, however, restored to the grid at 12.20 p.m by the Transmission Company of Nigeria.