By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja –
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said one of its towers T372 around Katsaita Village in Yobe was vandalized by some hoodlums on Thursday.
The company said the vandals brought down the 330 Kilo Volt (KV) transmission tower which pulled down another tower T373 along the same transmission line route.
Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s General Manager Public Affairs, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
Mbah said the incident, which took place at about 9.18 p.m. on Thursday, brought about power failure to parts of Yobe and Borno States.
According to her, TCN’s engineers while patrolling the line to ascertain the cause of the cut in power supply, discovered that 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 had 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 condemned the incident and regrets the inconvenience caused to the government and people of Yobe and Borno states,”she said.
Mbah said that the company would do all that was 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 infrastructure nationwide as our collective asset.”
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