The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has sealed the facilities of Ikeja Electric for allegedly violating consumer rights and disobeying regulatory directives.
FCCPC’s Director of Surveillance and Investigation, Bola Adeyinka, said the action was taken in accordance with the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act (FCCPA) 2018.
“Sealing this facility is a proportionate enforcement measure taken only after repeated engagement and several opportunities for voluntary compliance,” Adeyinka stated in a statement on Thursday, December 11, 2025.
He added that the seal would remain in place “until Ikeja Electric complies fully with the directives issued by both NERC and the FCCPC and provides written evidence of that compliance.”
The Commission explained that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission had earlier issued a binding decision directing Ikeja Electric to unbundle a Maximum Demand account into 20 non-Maximum Demand accounts.
The order required the Disco to recognise 19 residential units and a service point belonging to a complainant as separate customer units, and to provide all necessary metering and connection for each unit.
“Ikeja Electric did not carry out that decision,” the FCCPC said.
The Commission revealed that the complainant had been without electricity for more than two and a half years, despite paying all required charges and fulfilling all obligations requested by the electricity company.
“This was despite paying all charges requested by Ikeja Electric and meeting every obligation. The lack of electricity has prevented the complainant from putting the nineteen residential units to use,” the statement added.
The FCCPC stated that it had engaged Ikeja Electric several times and had notified the company about the outstanding NERC decision. In April 2025, the Commission also issued a directive detailing the steps and timelines required for compliance.
“No action was taken. On 2nd October 2025, the Commission issued a Compliance Notice requiring full compliance within seven business days. The company still did not comply,” the FCCPC said.
However, the Ikeja Electric has not commented on the development as of the time of filing this report, Naijaonpoint reports.
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