The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission FCCPC has sealed the corporate headquarters of Ikeja Electric over alleged non-compliance and violation of consumer rights.
The operation was carried out on Thursday morning at its headquarters in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State.
However,the DisCo has said it is engaging the FCCPC to ensure other customers are not affected by the shutdown of its headquarters .
Giving reasons for the operation,FCCPC’s Director of Surveillance and Investigation, Bola Adeyinka, said the enforcement was carried out in line with the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2018, following repeated engagements that yielded no compliance.
“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,” Adeyinka said in a statement on Thursday.
The FCCPC also said the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission had issued a binding decision directing Ikeja Electric to unbundle a Maximum Demand account into 20 non-Maximum Demand accounts saying;
“Ikeja Electric did not carry out that decision. Because of this failure, the complainant has been without an 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 19 residential units to use,” it was stated.
The commission said it engaged Ikeja Electric several times, including notifying the company of the outstanding NERC decision.
It explained that it issued a directive in April 2025 outlining the steps required and the timelines for compliance.
However, it added, “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 Head of Corporate Communications at Ikeja Electric, Kingsley Okotie, said the matter “has to do with a compliance issue that was raised by the commission to us. And more like what we’re to do. But, of course, in the expected action, we had certain reservations based on our own internal operations and how it will work out.
“And so, we wrote back to the commission. But somehow, maybe our reason was not taken, and they decided to make the visit. They are a legal entity, fully backed by law. So we had no choice but to allow them to do their work,”
Okotie said that the company”as a responsible organisation, also knowing the fact that our service is essential, especially at this critical time, our commitment to continue to distribute electricity to consumers and our customers remains intact. And we are still doing that as we speak now.
“Even though the headquarters premises have been sealed off, we are also ensuring that we do effective coordination of all our operational centres so that an issue that is involving a minority of people is not going to affect the majority of customers who need supply. What is paramount is that we resolve it while already engaging them,” he added.
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