Fresh Outage Hits Abuja, Nasarawa, AEDC Points Fingers


By our reporter

Electricity distribution firm, Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), on Friday, January 17, blamed the fresh outage in parts of the nation’s capital on faulty 132-kilovolt lines 182 from the Katampe to AT5 Central Area Transmission Station.

It is the second time within a fortnight that an outage has plagued sections of Abuja.

The firm had announced a two-week outage in parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and sections of contiguous Nasarawa State such as the busy Mararaba, over the relocation by Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) of the 33KV DC Airport Feeder, and 132KV Kukwaba-Apo Transmission Line Towers.

In its latest explanation, AEDC, in a statement posted on its official X (formerly Twitter) account, listed the areas affected as Federal Secretariat;Wuse Zones 1-7; Central Mosque; Energy Commission; Transcorp Hotel; Eagle Square; and Yar’adua Centre.

Other areas include the entire Abuja Central Area;TCN hqtrs; Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) hqtrs; National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) hqtrs; Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC); all of Maitama; Kado Estate; sections of Jabi District; Areas 7, 8 & 10 in Garki and environs.

AEDC did not, however, say when power supply to the affected areas will be restored.

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But it said TCN is examining the cause and had moved to try and fix it.

The AEDC post read: “This is to inform residents around Federal Secretariat, Wuse Zone 1-7, Central Mosque, Energy Commission, Transcorp Hotel, Eagle Square, Yar’adua Centre, the entire Central Area, TCN HQ, CAC HQ, NYSC HQ, INEC, the entire Maitama, Kado Estate, parts of Jabi District, Area 7, 8 & 10 Garki, and its environs that the power outage being experienced is due to a fault on the 132kV lines 182 from Katampe to AT5 Central Area Transmission Station.

“The TCN team is currently investigating the cause of the outage and will ensure that power supply is restored as quickly as possible.”


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