The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced that vandals, in the early hours of Saturday, attacked its 330kV Lokoja-Gwagwalada transmission line 1, carting away two spans of aluminium conductor from the line.
TCN, in a statement by General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, however, added efforts are underway to source replacement aluminium conductors for the two spans stolen from line one.
The statement added that the company’s engineers, upon inspection, discovered that transmission towers T306, T307, and T308 along line 1 had been vandalised, disrupting bulk power transmission along the route.
“The Transmission Company of Nigeria hereby reports that vandals have again attacked its 330kV Lokoja-Gwagwalada transmission line 1, in the early hours of Saturday, 9th November 2024.
“Early on Saturday, TCN engineers attempted to re-energise the 330kV Lokoj-Gwagwalada transmission line 1, but the line tripped. After efforts to reclose the line failed, a patrol team…