BY LEVI JOHNSON
Engineer John Ayodele, the Chief Operating Officer, Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC has said that fire has razed Ibadan power plant.
He said the damage on the power plant would keep the affected area in darkness until it’s restored.
According to him, the incident the occurred at the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, Ayede, Ibadan power plant, located at Akinyemi, Ibadan, on Wednesday.
”The effect of the damage would affect the distribution of power supply to some parts of Oyo and Ogun States,” he said.
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Engr. Ayodele, stated this, while briefing journalist shortly after the fire that gutted the station was successfully put out by the fire fighting trucks numbering about ten and back up water tankers from private, federal and state fire services.
Ayodele appealed to IBEDC customers to be patient as the investigation was on to ascertain the cause of the fire outbreak and possible solution.
“For now, this transformer is part of the four transformers that is being used between Oyo and the Ogun States, especially, Sagamu area and others.”
“It is an unfortunate incident, but when the fire is down and we are assured there is no fire, TCN will commence an investigation into the causes of the fire.
But for now, we can’t determine how it happened,” he said.
