The Transmission Company of Nigeria has blamed faults on the Eko Electricity Distribution Company’s feeders for the recent transmission fault at the Lekki Transmission Substation.
TCN, in a statement issued by its management on Thursday, said the clarification became necessary following what it described as misinformation circulated by EKEDP on the incident.
According to the company, EKEDP’s Oniru 33kV and Agungi 33kV feeders simultaneously tripped at about 4:34 a.m. on August 26 due to overcurrent and earth fault.
The fault, TCN said, resulted in the inter-tripping of the primary and secondary breakers of its TR1 60MVA 132/33kV transformer, accompanied by a heavy bang and smoke.
“Contrary to EKEDP’s claim that TCN’s T11 transformer tripped unexpectedly and was awaiting inspection, the actual incident involved the simultaneous tripping of EKEDP’s Oniru 33kV and Agungi 33kV feeders at 04:34am on 26th August, 2026, due to overcurrent and earth fault,” TCN said.
