Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and some areas in Kogi State are currently experiencing power outages due to technical glitches.
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company is in charge of these two areas, according to The Punch.
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company informed its customers in Zamani Estate, Abacha Road Mararaba, Ruga Juli, and other parts of Abuja on Tuesday that the power outage was caused by a technical fault on the 33kv K6 line from the AT9 Karu Transmission Station.
“The management of Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc wishes to notify its esteemed customers that there is currently a technical fault on 33kv feeder k6 from AT9 Karu Transmission Station, managed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria.
The areas affected in Abuja are: Zamani Estate, Abacha Road Mararaba, Ruga Juli, Old Karu Road, Glory Estate and environs,” the Disco said in a statement.
The AEDC informed that the maintenance staff of TCN were working to restore electricity supply in these areas as soon as possible, and regretted any inconveniences caused.
The TCN had earlier announced its maintenance crew would embark on planned maintenance on its TR3 45MVA and TR2 60MVA power transformers in its 132/33kV Okene Transmission Substation.
The maintenance was scheduled to run from Tuesday to Wednesday, from 10 am to 03 pm on each day.
As a result, Abuja DisCo will not be able to off-take power from the substation to its customers in Okene, Kabba, Ososo, and Ikare during the period of maintenance.
“Kindly note that bulk power supply will be restored to Abuja DisCo immediately after maintenance work is completed,” the TCN spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, said.
Recall, that Ambusiness had reported recently that the Power Minister, Adebayo Adelabu, summoned the AEDC and the TCN managing director, Sule Abdulazeez over the aggravating power supply.
