The Special Adviser, Strategic Communication and Media Relations to the Minister, Mr. Bolaji Tunji, made this known in a statement.

He said the action was taken at the weekend.

It would be recalled that the grid collapsed three times last week, plunging the nation into darkness.

The minister, he said, expressed displeasure at the incident, which he declared, was capable of rubbishing the giant strides made in the last one year which had led to an increased generation and distribution of 5, 527 megawatts, a record generation in three years.

The media aide stated that Adelabu also constituted a forensic investigation committee with a mandate to advise the government on necessary solutions to make the national grid robust and reliable in addition to the ongoing efforts of the government like the Presidential Power Initiatives, PPI, and the Nigeria Electricity Transmission Project, NETAP.

The committee is to also establish the root cause of both incidents, especially a review of potential sabotage on the system.

The committee will holistically review the national grid stability and identify investments and technical capacities required to make the grid smart and resilient.

In addition, a technical team has been deployed to access the critical nodes on the national grid to identify potential vulnerabilities and proffer recommendations to address the vulnerabilities to prevent future disruptions to the grid.

On Monday, October 14, there was a partial collapse due to the tripping of a line at the Jebba Transmission Substation and recurring fault at the Osogbo Transmission Substation.

Efforts to restore the grid further resulted in a setback the following day.

The system was however fully restored on Wednesday,  October 16, 2024.

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There was no grid collapse on Tuesday as was widely speculated as the setback was a continuation of Monday’s restoration efforts on the grid.

Also what was described on Saturday, October 19, as grid collapse was a deliberate protective shut down of the grid as a result of the explosion of the Jebba transformer.

And this was restored within two hours.

“What we had were more of grid disturbances than collapses”.

Preliminary assessment of Jebba incident suggested that the explosion was as a result of ageing equipment unrelated to the initial collapse.

The six-member committee are Engr. Nafisat Ali, Executive Director, Independent System Operator, ISO, who leads the committee; Dr. Chidi Ike, Commissioner, NERC, Engr. Ishola (GM. National Control Centre (NCC); Engr. Emmanuel Nosike, Director,  Transmission, Federal Ministry of Power, FMoP;   Engr. Ali Sharifai (GM, Transmission Service Provider (TSP)) and Mr. Adedayo Olowoniyi, Chief Technical Adviser to the Minister of Power.

The team is expected to present a report to the minister by November 1, 2024.

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Aderogba, his wife and driver were kidnapped on Sunday at about 9.00 p.m., after their vehicle broke down at an isolated spot on the new Oyo/Ogbomoso Expressway while travelling from Yewa, Ogun State to Jebba, Kwara State.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Adewale Osifeso, confirmed the release of the victims in a statement on Tuesday in Ibadan.

Osifeso said that the victims were rescued unhurt by police personnel around 6.20 p.m. on Tuesday.

He said that the massive deployment of police personnel for the operation to rescue the victims and the domination of the entire area by the Police Tactical teams put pressure on the abductors to free the victims.

Osifeso said that the victims had been reunited with their family while investigation was still ongoing to apprehend the perpetrators and bring them to justice.

Source: NAN

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