Nigeria’s electricity grid collapsed on Wednesday,plunging some parts of the country into blackout.
This is the first time the country witnessed grid collapse this year.
The national grid handle on X (formerly Twitter) confirmed the disruption on Wednesday.
Besides,Ikeja Electric Distribution Company (IKEDC) also affirmed the grid collapse, stating that it occurred some minutes before noon.
The company wrote: “Please, be informed that we experienced a system outage today 12th February, 2025 at 11:34hrs affecting all our feeders.
“Restoration of supply is ongoing in collaboration with our critical stakeholders. Kindly, bear with us.”
Abuja Electricity Distribution Company also wrote:”We regret to inform you that a system disturbance occured on the national grid at 11:34 am today causing power outage across our franchise areas.
” While gradual restoration of power supply has commenced, please be assured that we are working closely with relevant stakeholders to fully restore electricity as soon as the greed is stabilized.
“Thank you for your understanding and patience as we work to serve your better”
