The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) has announced that as a result of total system collapse of the national grid, all networks across its franchise have been thrown into darkness.

Making this disclosure via a statement signed by IBEDC management and made available to The AGENDA NEWS by Kikelomo Owoeye, its Osun Region spokesperson, stated that the system collapse occurred at 17:09 hours on Tuesday, March 15, 2022.

While apologising for the inconvenience, the statement also added that the public utility company was monitoring the situation with the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) with a view to keeping the customers updated on the situation.

The statement reads below:

Dear esteemed customer,

We regret to inform you of a total system collapse on the national grid at 1709hrs of today Tuesday 15 March, 2022 leading to outages across our network.

We are closely monitoring the situation with our TCN partners and will keep you updated on the situation.

We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience.

Signed Management 15/03/2022