The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company has said work is ongoing to restore power supply to Magboro, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State.The electric firm had allegedly in a text message to residents stated that repairs could not be made to an electric fault due to a sacrifice placed at the repair spot by some residents.

In the text message which was sighted by our correspondent, IBEDC allegedly urged the residents to get an alternative means of electricity pending the removal of the fetish item.The text read in part, “Good evening all, please note that there won’t be light today due to some sacrifices at the point of repairs in Magboro. Kindly make alternative means of electricity for your home use pending the removal of the sacrifice.”

The IBEDC’s Media Relations Officer, Busolami Tunwase, when contacted on Monday told our correspondent that repair was ongoing despite the fetish item.

She said, “There is a message on it that there is a fault and we are working on it. They locked our office and put their fetish item in our office. The fact that there is no power is not our fault. If people lock our offices and put fetish stuff around and for the safety of our staff, they stayed away from the office, if they remove the fetish stuff, those workers can go back in there and work.

“In the process of working, a contractor died and that slowed down the job a bit and the construction of an overhead bridge also pulled a portion down and we’ve explained, engaged and taken people there to see. Work is going on; the work is about 80 per cent complete; we will never put our customers in darkness on purpose.