Many passengers are stranded after power outage hit a section of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.

It was learnt that the departure lounge of the International Airport, Lagos, was the most affected on Friday night.

“I suffered while boarding. Power just suddenly went off,” a passenger identified as Ayodele, said.

When contacted on Saturday, General Manager, Corporate Affairs of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Faithful Hope-Ivbaze, blamed “natural occurrence” for the power outage.

She explained that the incident happened past 11pm on Friday.

According to her, power was restored less than one hour after the incident.

She said, “The response time was fast. The power outage was caused by heavy rainfall. It only affected a section of the airport.

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