Blackout in Lagos as flood submerges transmission substations

Some parts of Lagos State person been plunged into blackout pursuing the unfortunate flooding successful the state.

The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, successful a connection issued connected Wednesday by its Public Affairs General Manager, Ndidi Mbah declared “force majeure connected the Oworoshoki 33KV and Lekki 330/132KV Transmission Substations arsenic a effect of flooding caused by continuous rainfall autumn successful Lagos”.

TCN lamented that the Oworoshoki 133/33KV Transmission Substation is wholly retired of service, stating that the flood affected 2 powerfulness transformers.

“Although Lekki 330/132KV Transmission Substation is successful work arsenic h2o is continuously being pumped retired of the station, Oworoshoki 133/33KV Transmission Substation connected the different manus is presently not successful work arsenic the level of h2o has affected 2 powerfulness transformers TR1 – 60 MVA and TR3 – 30 MVA that tripped connected nary load adjacent aft attempted restoration.

“Presently, each powerfulness extortion and power cablegram of the 2 powerfulness transformers are submerged wrong h2o and efforts to evacuate the h2o has proved ineffective arsenic the rainfall continues to fall”, TCN lamented.

The company, nevertheless assured that normalcy whitethorn soon beryllium restored, saying efforts a...