For keeping a consumer “without electricity supply for more than two and a half years”, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) sealed the headquarters of Ikeja Electric (IE) on Thursday 11 December, 2025.
The FCCPC described the failure of IE to comply with directives which it issued by itself alongside the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) as a “continued violation of consumer rights”.
FCCPC posted on X: “The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) sealed the headquarters of Ikeja Electric (IE) today, Thursday, December 11, 2025, for continued violation of consumer rights, specifically for failing to comply with directives issued by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and the FCCPC itself.
“The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had issued a binding decision directing Ikeja Electric to unbundle a Maximum Demand account into twenty non-Maximum Demand accounts, to recognise each of the nineteen residential units and a service point owned by a complainant as separate customer units, and to provide the required metering and connection. Ikeja Electric did not carry out that decision.
“Because of this failure, the complainant has been without electricity supply for more than two and a half years. 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 Commission engaged Ikeja Electric several times. We notified the company of the complaint and the outstanding NERC decision. In April 2025, we issued a directive that set out the steps required and the timelines 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 FCCPA provides the legal framework for this intervention.
“These provisions provide the statutory basis for today’s action. Ikeja Electric’s sustained refusal to carry out a lawful regulatory decision, together with the prolonged deprivation of electricity to nineteen residential units, meets the threshold for intervention.
“Sealing this facility is a proportionate enforcement measure taken only after repeated engagement and several opportunities for voluntary compliance. The seal will 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.
“Consumers are entitled to fair treatment and timely access to essential services.”
Photo: FCCPC seals Ikeja Electric (IE) headquarters in Lagos | X/FCCPC Nigeria
