Vandals vandalize TCN facilities at Jos-Gombe transmission line
Vandals have vandalized four Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) towers along the Jos-Gombe 330kV transmission line.
The General Manager (GM), Public Affairs, Ms. Ndidi Mbah, who disclosed this in a statement, said that the vandalisation occurred on Monday
at about 3:32 pm.
According to her, when the 330kV transmission line tripped, its operators attempted to restore it for service but it tripped again. In this circumstance, TCN line men were dispatched to trace the line in order to detect and rectify the fault.
“While fault tracing, TCN’s engineering crew discovered that towers 288, 289, 290, and 291 were vandalised and 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 bulk power supply to parts of Yola and Jos Electricity Distribution Companies’ franchise areas,” the GM said.
She added that to reduce the effects of the incident on electricity consumers affected by the vandalisation, TCN was trying to first back feed Gombe through its 132kV transmission line from Bauchi and subsequently Ashaka, Potiskum, Damaturu, and Billiri/ Savannah.
Mbah said the company would strive to ensure the restoration of supply to the affected areas and also reconstruct the vandalised facilities.
