VANDALS BRING DOWN TOWERS T372 AND T373 ON GOMBE – DAMATURU 33OkV SC TRANSMISSION LINE

"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." Management.

The current blackout been experienced in parts of the country has been attributed to the nefarious activities of vandals who have reportedly, attacked one of the towers of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN.

The damaged tower; tower T372 according to a statement issued and signed by the General Manager, Pubic Affairs, Ndidi Mbah (Mrs) is situated around Katsaita Village in Yobe State.

"Tower T362 around Katsaita Village in Yobe State was vandalised, yesterday, bringing down the 330kV transmission tower which pulled down tower T373 along the same transmission line route.

"The incident, which took place at about 21:18 of yesterday, the 21st of December, 2023, caused the failure of power supply to parts of the North East, namely, Yobe and Borno States." The statement reads.

The statement further revealed that, "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 explosive used by the vandals in bringing down the towers.

"Presently, TCN mobilized one of its contractors to the site of the incident to commence the reconstruction of the transmission towers damaged by the vandals.

"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 concluded.