Lagos residents protest prolonged blackout at Ikeja Electric office

Residents of the Agbado country of Lagos State on Wednesday protested astatine the bureau of Ikeja Electric implicit prolonged powerfulness outage affecting the community.

The protesters, mostly made up of women, reportedly blocked the entranceway to the energy organisation company’s bureau portion demanding the contiguous restoration of powerfulness proviso to the area.

According to residents, the blackout has persisted for respective weeks, disrupting economical activities, affecting households and expanding the fiscal load connected residents who present trust heavy connected alternate powerfulness sources.

Some members of the assemblage accused the institution of failing to supply capable accusation regarding the origin of the outage oregon erstwhile energy would beryllium restored.

The demonstrators besides alleged that respective complaints lodged with the institution yielded small response, prompting them to organise the protest.

Carrying placards and chanting solidarity songs, the residents called connected applicable authorities to intervene and guarantee a lasting solution to the energy situation successful the community.

Reacting to the protest, officials of Ikeja Electric appealed to ...