By Linus Aleke, Abuja
The Transmission Company of Nigeria said that four of its towers along the Jos – Gombe 330kV transmission line were vandalized on Monday 22nd April 2024,
at about 3:32 pm.
GM, Public Affairs, Ms. Ndidi Mbah, in a statement, noted that when the 330kV transmission line tripped, its operators attempted to restore it to service but it tripped again, prompting the dispatch of TCN lines men to trace the line to detect and rectify the fault.
“While fault tracing, TCN’s engineering crew discovered that towers 288, 289, 290, and 291 were vandalized and that some tower members were carted away. Also, the towers had equally collapsed as a result of the incident. Presently, bulk power supply to Gombe, Yola, and Jalingo Substations have been disrupted, affecting the bulk power supply to parts of Yola and Jos Electricity Distribution Companies’ franchise areas,” the GM said.
She said that to mitigate the effect of the incident on electricity consumers affected by the incident, TCN is trying to first back feed Gombe through its 132kV transmission line from Bauchi and subsequently Ashaka, Potiskum, Damaturu, and Billiri/ Savannah.
The company she concluded will do everything possible to ensure that supply is restored to the affected areas, while efforts are made to reconstruct the four vandalised towers.
