IKEDC customers pay, demand new transformer

By Edith Igbokwe

The residents and business owners at Dosumu, Mafoluku Oshodi have requested for immediate replacement of their damaged transformer which has been taken away by Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) since February, this year.

The affected customers lamented that they have been subjected to total darkness while many businesses have been affected despite the fact that they have contributed towards the purchase of a new one.

It was gathered that some tenants have been relocating to other areas with constant power supply, thinking that the new transformer may not be installed as many cables have equally been stolen.

Areas involved include Dosumu, Sumonu, Salako and Shamura Streets.

The residents also complained that social vices have increased in the affected streets as hoodlums take advantage of darkness to perpetrate their nefarious activities.

One of the business owners in the community, an electromechanical engineer, Engr. Adedhina Erinle, who works at 14, Dosumu Street, said he could not continue with his work since he depends much on power supply, claiming that the cost of running generator is unbearable.

He lamented: “Each building has contributed N3,500 to secure a new transformer. We have equally paid our electricity bill up till December 2019 as requested by Ikeja Electric still, nothing has been heard from them. The power issue is really affecting because my business needs electricity to function and keep my customers but now I have been losing. I can no longer work as I am supposed to. The cost of running generator is too high.

“We appeal to Ikeja Electric to hasten its moves towards the replacement of the transformer to save our lives and business.”