Also, intending travellers have been left stranded as all entry points of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja and the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos are inaccessible, following the strike.
The general manager of Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, revealed in a statement that Labour Union members, around 1:15 am, forcibly removed control room operators from TCN’s Benin Transmission Operator unit. Staff who resisted were beaten, resulting in injuries. Consequently, the Benin Area Control Center was rendered inoperative.