December 22, (THEWILL) – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said that it won’t be able to transmit power supply in Yobe and Borno States due to the deliberate destruction of one of its towers in Katsaita Village of Yobe State.
TCN, in a statement issued and signed by its General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, disclosed that its tower T372 was vandalised, bringing down the 330kV transmission tower, which pulled down tower T373 along the same transmission line route.
Mbah said the incident occurred on Thursday, at about 09:18 pm, leading to a power outage in parts of the North East, namely Yobe and Borno States.
“While patrolling the line to ascertain the cause of the cut in power supply, TCN engineers discovered the fallen towers and the villagers confirmed they heard a loud explosion before the tower came down. On closer investigation, the engineers found evidence of explosives used by the vandals in bringing down the towers,” it said.
She said the company has mobilised one of its contractors to the site of the incident to commence the reconstruction of the transmission towers damaged by the vandals.
“TCN strongly condemns the incident and regrets the inconvenience caused to the government and people of Yobe and Borno States and pledges to do all that is possible to quickly re-erect the towers to restore power supply to the affected areas.
“We are once again making an urgent appeal to host communities to collaborate with TCN in the fight against vandalism and the necessary preservation of power infrastructures nationwide, which is our collective asset,” the statement said.
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I am Ladi Dapson, a general writer with thewill. I cover Borno and Yobe states respectively.
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