Residents of Ile-Ife, Ikire, Ilesha, and some parts of Ondo State, will experience a seven-hour power outage on Friday owing to a replacement of a faulty circuit breaker protecting the Osogbo/Ilesha/Ife- Ondo 132Kv transmission line.
A statement by TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, said TCN’s maintenance crew will replace faulty circuit breakers protecting the Osogbo/Ilesha/Ife-Ondo 132Kv transmission line with a new one on Friday between 10 am and 5 pm.
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According to her, this will affect the bulk power supply to Ile-Ife, Ilesha, and Ondo Transmission, which receives power through the Osogbo/Ilesha/Ife-Ondo 132Kv transmission line.
TCN said, “Consequently, Ibadan and Benin DisCos will not be able to offtake power for seven hours through the Ife township, Ikire/Wasimi, OAU, Ife Iron & Steel, Sekona, Efon Alaaye, IBL, Ilesha township, Ibokun/Idominasi, Ipetu-Ijesha, and Ijebu-Ijesha feeders to its customers in the listed areas”.
But Mbah assured residents of the affected areas that the power supply would be restored after the exercise.
