The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has sealed the headquarters of the Ikeja Electric Distribution Company (IKEDC) in Lagos over allegations of persistent violations of consumer rights and failure to comply with regulatory directives.
The enforcement action followed Ikeja Electric’s refusal to implement a binding decision issued by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), A source from the commission confirmed the enforcement action to BusinessDay on Thursday.
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The directive required the company to unbundle a maximum demand (MD) account into twenty separate non-maximum demand accounts.
A maximum demand account is typically used for large consumers with high peak electricity usage requiring special infrastructure such as dedicated transformers.
According to the FCCPC, the NERC directive sought to separate nineteen residential units and one service point into individual customer accounts, each with proper metering and connection.
“Ikeja Electric did not carry out that decision,” the commission, ” noting that this failure left the complainant without power supply for more than two and a half years despite meeting all financial obligations. The prolonged outage, it added, has rendered the nineteen residential units unusable.
The commission said the sealing of the facility came after repeated warnings, compliance notices, and attempts at dialogue were ignored by the DisCo.
It cited an April 2025 directive outlining specific steps and timelines for compliance, as well as an October 2, 2025 Compliance Notice granting seven business days for full adherence, both of which went unheeded.
