Omo, dem no go believe wetin don happen for Gowon Estate for Lagos! Residents don gather, turn ground to protest area because power don waka since October 2025!
Dem dey vex say IKEDC no gree restore their light despite all the wahala wey dem don face. Na so dem carry their legs waka go IKEDC office for Ponle area, dey shout say dem need their light back sharp-sharp. E no go fit sweet person when you dey live for darkness for months, abi wetin you think?
According to Oluwatoyin Adebayo wey dey complain on behalf of several families, she talk say, “No light mean we no fit buy food keep for fridge again. Everything dey spoil. Our men dey complain say we dey waste money on fuel to run generator, yet we no fit enjoy light! Na wah o!”
Reverend Tom Omorogbe no carry last, him talk say e dey drop N30,000 every day just to keep him generator alive, while him prepaid meter dey there dey collect money wey no dey fit use. “We dey pay bills o! Our money dey stuck inside the meter, and dem dey chop our money while we dey buy fuel for generator. Wetin be dis?” he ask.
The protest no end for there because dem dey worry say this blackout dey affect their pikin and old people. “School don resume, we wan store food for our pikin but e no fit happen. Three people don die because of heat! If dem no do something quick-quick, we no go gree let anybody enter or come out today or next week!”
As dem dey protest, dem don send letter to IKEDC talk say dem don dey suffer since October when transformer spoil. Dem talk say engineers come check the transformer on October 15, 2025, but since then, na lie dem dey talk, no action don take place. Dem dey shout o, say they no wan hear unfulfilled promises again!
No be small wahala, some residents even write petition to state government wey dey feature how the same transformer wey don dey serve dem for 40 years don spoil again after one small repairs. Na wah! Dipo Oduko wey sign the petition talk say, “We dey beg o! We don serve for this country, we no deserve this kind suffering for our old age.”
One top officer wey come meet the protesters talk say dem go do something quick. “We go send engineers to check am. If e no work, we go find another transformer for una. No worry, we dey take una matter seriously,” he talk.
This power wahala no be today matter for Lagos, na so residents dey gather dey protest everywhere because light matter don turn political issue. Dem don dey suffer for long, but one day, any grievances wey dey on ground must see solution!
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