Residents of Ajao Estate Lagos, and its environs, have lamented week-long blackout in the area, a prime location near the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.

This is coming less than eight months after the community was thrown into darkness for weeks.

A resident, Dr. Innocent Enubuje, said there had been no commitment from the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC), and while some of the areas have been in total darkness, some had their power restored and withdrawn within minutes.

He said: “Many people have resorted to waiting for light from them or had their generators serviced despite fuel hike. When this situation happened some months ago, executive members of different estates within Ajao Estate came together and made a formal complain and representation to the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) at that time, but now, nothing is happening.”

On how he is coping with the situation, Enubuje said: “As a person, I am done with my generator; there is no need of putting fuel. Buying 17 litres for N10,000 is not worth it. It does not last till the next day. I just have a few litres in my generator in case  of urgent need to use light.

“This is not an era of putting on generator, when the English Premier League is on, instead we call the children to play football, while we watch and chant their names as Ronaldo and Messi.”

Another residents, who only identified himself as Iyiola, said the situation is affecting businesses in the area and called on officials to restore power.

As at press time, the  Public Relations Officer (PRO) of  IKEDC, Ayeni Akinola, was yet to respond to calls put through to his telephone line.