Residents of Greenland Estate, Idowu-Egba, in the Igando area of Lagos State, have accused the Ikeja Electricity distribution company of plunging the community into darkness.
Reporters gathered that the community stopped having a power supply when its transformer developed a fault on January 18.
Checkout Magazine learnt that two weeks afterwards, officials of the distribution company took the transformer away for repairs.
The residents said since the transformer was taken away, there had been no communication from the firm.
A resident, who identified himself simply as Kayode, accused Ikeja Electric of insensitivity to the plight of the community.
He said, “We did not have a power supply, so we spoke to one or two landlords and they said there were issues with the transformer. I called a technical officer at Ikeja Electric and he told me that they were not aware of what happened and that they would get back to me.
“I called him all through the next day, but he didn’t take his calls. When I called him the following Monday, he told me that executive members of our CDA had come to their office and that they had settled the matter. I asked him when we would have power and he said he did not know; then he hung up.
“Two weeks ago, they came to pick the transformer. What our landlords communicated to us when they asked us to contribute money was that before Ikeja Electric would take the transformer, they would bring another one for us to use in the meantime. We waited and up till now, we have not heard anything from them.”
