The incident which took place at Asaba Uchi, Ndokwa East Local Government, has resulted in the reduction of available power to the national grid by about 480MW.
The management of Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, in a statement announcing the ugly development yesterday in Abuja, said the incident occurred at about 4:51 am on Tuesday, November 10, 2015
According to TCN, “The Okpai – Onitsha 330kV transmission line tripped and the cause of the tripping was traced to tower No 62, which had been vandalized. Two of the four legs of the transmission tower were cut by vandals, causing the tower to hang precariously.
“TCN reassures that it would continue to work towards a robust transmission grid, and pleads with all, especially its host communities, to work with the Company in its fight against the nefarious activities of vandals. The construction of a new tower it noted will cost the company millions of naira which would have been applied to its grid expansion plans.”
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