Parts of Kebbi, Zamfara, Sokoto states were on Friday thrown into blackout following a fire outbreak that severely damaged key infrastructure at a transmission centre in Birnin Kebbi.
Kaduna Electric Distribution Company
Abdulazeez Abdullahi, the Head of Corporate Communications, who signed the statement posted on the organisation’s X handle explained that the power outage occurred due to a fire that severely damaged key infrastructure at a transmission centre in Birnin Kebbi.
“The Management of Kaduna Electric regrets to inform its valued customers in parts of Kebbi, Sokoto, and Zamfara States that the power outage currently being experienced is a result of the unfortunate fire incident that gutted some critical power supply infrastructure at the Transmission Works Centre in Birnin Kebbi last night.”
The statement further noted that TCN has been notified and is assessing the extent of the damage and is committed to working on the damage.
“Our counterparts from TCN are assessing the extent of damage to commencing necessary repair works. We deeply sympathize with the management and staff of TCN over the unfortunate development.”
“We regret all inconveniences which the unintended service disruption has caused our customers.”
