Peter Obi makes u-turn over his comment on alleged national grid collapse

According to him, despite borrowing over $3.23 billion in the last four years to fix its electricity problems, the recurrent occurrences of grid collapse have continued to characterize Nigeria’s power sector.

Obi’s comment, however, sparked a flurry of reactions on X formerly Twitter, as many Nigerians criticized and accused him of not verifying issues before reacting to them.

Following Obi’s comment, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) clarified that the outage was caused by tripping of the Osogbo-Ihovbor and Benin-Omotosho lines indicating that the claims about grid collapse was fake news.

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Amid the backlash, Obi reversed his stance, saying his initial comment was based on reports from reputable media platforms.

Quoting his earlier statement, Obi in a follow-up tweet said he has learnt that there was no grid collapse following TCN’s clarifications on the matter.