Residents of Sobi Poly Feeder at Oke-Fomo in Ilorin West Local Government Area (LGA), which comprise 44 communities, on Tuesday staged a protest over power outage in their area.

have been in total black out since February 2024.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that members of the communities, during the peaceful protest, said they have been experiencing total blackout since February 2024.

They said the last time they enjoyed power supplied by Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) was around January 2024.

The protesters who carried placards with various inscriptions insisted that the company must find lasting solution and restore power to the Kwara Poly feeder which serves the communities.

Some of the inscriptions on the placards read “We are tired of blackout”, “the darkness is killing us, provide reliable electricity”, “No light No life” and “Power to the people not just a promise”.

The Oke-Fomo Community Leader, Engr. Abdulkareem Jimoh, said what was being experienced was lamentable.

“The continued sufferings of residents in these affected communities, when other communities in the state are enjoying power supply, is lamentable,” he said.

Jimoh said the total blackout has crippled the communities’ economic activities and they could not continue to buy fuel to power their electricity generating sets because of the economic downturn.