FAAN also apologised to the affected
passengers and other airport users who experienced the sudden darkness.
The apology was contained in a statement by
FAAN’s acting General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Faithful Hope-Ivbaze.
The acting General Manager in the statement
which was issued on Saturday said the outage was a result of the rainfall.
“The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria
(FAAN) wishes to apologise to passengers and other airport users that witnessed
a temporary power outage at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos,
at about 2315hours yesterday, April 1, 2022.
“The outage, which was as a result of
yesterday’s rain, that came with very fierce winds and storms, a natural
occurrence, affected one of our feeders and consequently resulted in the
temporary disruption of power supply at the D wing of the airport.
“However, our engineers quickly discovered
the fault, and liaised with the Ejigbo duty/area control office of the Power
Holding Company of Nigeria and together resolved the problem. Normalcy has since
been restored at the affected area.”
The power outage at the airport on Friday
night
Many passengers were stranded after a power
outage hit a section of the Lagos airport on Friday night.
Many passengers shared videos on social
media lamenting the situation.
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