The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says vandals have carted away four of its towers along the Jos-Gombe 330 Kilo Volt (kV) transmission line.
TCN’S General Manager Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, in a statement, said the incident took place at about 3:32pm on Monday.
She explained that when the transmission line tripped, TCN operators attempted to restore it to service but it tripped again, prompting the dispatch of officials to trace the line in order to detect and rectify the fault.
According to her, it was in the process of tracing the fault that the officials discovered that towers 288, 289, 290, and 291 were vandalised and that some tower members were carted away, leading to collapse of the towers.
Mbah stated that as a result of the vandalism, bulk power supply to Gombe, Yola, and Jalingo substations had been disrupted, affecting bulk power supply to parts of Yola and Jos Electricity Distribution Companies’ franchise areas.
She added that to mitigate the effect on consumers affected by the incident, the TCN tried to back feed Gombe through its 132kV transmission line from Bauchi and subsequently Ashaka, Potiskum, Damaturu, and Billiri/ Savannah and was working to see to the restoration of supply to the areas.
