Power generators call forblacklisting companies that steal electricity from the grid.

Power generation companies have urged the Federal Government and the Nigerian Independent System Operator to name, arrest, and prosecute individuals and companies stealing electricity along the Ikorodu‑Sagamu corridor.

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Power Generation Companies, Joy Ogaji, stated this on Thursday while reacting to a report that some large customers were stealing up to 180 megawatts of electricity from the grid in Lagos and Ogun states.

The PUNCH reports that NISO raised the alarm over what it described as massive electricity theft on the Ikorodu‑Sagamu transmission corridor spanning Lagos and Ogun states, saying about 180 MW of power is being lost to energy theft perpetrated by large customers.

The Managing Director of NISO, Abdu Mohammed Bello, disclosed this during a stakeholders’ meeting held recently in Lagos with distribution companies, generation companies, eligible customers, and large customers connected to the Ikorodu‑Sagamu 132 kV double‑circuit transmission lines.

Bello said investigations by the system operator uncovered widespread electricity theft and meter manipulation along the transmission corridor, with some large customers connected to the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company and the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company implicated.

Speaking, Ogaji expressed concern that some organisations were stealing electricity while investors in the power sector battled liquidity crises daily.

While commending NISO for the investigation, which revealed that up to 180 MW of electricity is being used without payment along the Sagamu‑Ikorodu transmission corridor, Ogaji charged the authorities to ensure those behind the theft face the law.

She requested that they be disconnected from the grid, prosecuted, and blacklisted. “