Eye witnesses told our correspondent that passengers coming into and those going out of the country were thrown into confusion as they had to rely on light from their mobile telephone sets to locate their ways.
Officials of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, who spoke under the condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak on the matter, said about 70 per cent of the MMIA was covered in darkness, leaving only a few sections with light.
Officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service were forced to stop passenger facilitation after the Uninterrupted Power Supply connected to their machines shut down. The blackout lasted for hours and eye witnesses said a number of outgoing passengers would likely miss their flights.
It was gathered that the outage started at around 8:30pm.
The spokesman for FAAN, Mr. Yakubu Dati, confirmed the development. He said FAAN engineers were working to restore supply.
"The airport facilities, including some of the cables, are 40 years' old but our engineers are on top of the situation," he said
Source: The Naija Verdict
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