The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced the 330-kilovolt Shiroro-Katampe Transmission Line supplying power to the Federal Capital Territory has been vandalized by bandits.
The incident occurred in the late hours of Wednesday night, which caused a disruption in the power supply to the national grid. This was disclosed by Ndidi Mbah, spokesperson for Transmission Company of Nigeria.
She said, “A TCN lines patrol team was dispatched from the Abuja Regional office of TCN to investigate the cause of the fault. The team discovered that vandals had stolen part of the conductor between towers T216 and T218.
“The TCN lines maintenance crew has since mobilised to the site and is working assiduously to replace the vandalised 330kV power conductor. Restoration of bulk power supply through the affected line is expected soon.”
The areas affected are CBN Headquarters, Ecumenical Centre, Bank of Industry, Bank of Agriculture, New Chelsea Hotel, Army War College, and Reiz Continental Hotel. Other areas inlcude NBS, Lozumba Complex, UTC, Gidan Isah, Area 10, and environs.
However, Mbah didn’t disclose the expected time of delivery from the maintenance team who were dispatched to work on the power lines.
NaijaEyes reports that this will be the 5th time such an incident is happening on the transmission lines.
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