The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has sealed the premises of the Ikeja Electric Distribution Company (IKEDC) in the Alausa area of Lagos over alleged violations of consumer rights.
In a statement, the FCCPC’s Director of Surveillance and Investigation, Bola Adeyinka, said the enforcement action followed persistent non-compliance despite multiple opportunities for voluntary adherence to regulatory directives issued under 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 said. “The seal will remain in place until Ikeja Electric fully complies with the directives issued by both NERC and the FCCPC and provides written evidence of that compliance.”
According to the Commission, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had issued a binding directive requiring Ikeja Electric to unbundle a Maximum Demand account into twenty non-Maximum Demand accounts—recognising each of the nineteen residential units and one service point belonging to the complainant as separate customer units—and to provide the necessary metering and connection.
FCCPC said the distribution company failed to carry out the directive, leaving the complainant without electricity for more than two and a half years, despite fulfilling all financial obligations. The prolonged outage, it added, has rendered the nineteen residential units unusable.
The Commission noted that previous efforts to secure compliance—including a directive issued in April 2025 outlining required steps and timelines—were ignored. A Compliance Notice issued on 2 October 2025, which gave the company seven business days to act, also yielded no action.
The FCCPC said the sealing of the facility followed these unsuccessful attempts at resolution.
