Vandals Knock Down Four Transmission Towers Along Jos -Gombe Line, Cart Away Parts

Yet to be identified vandals have knocked down four transmission towers along the Jos – Gombe 330kV transmission line throwing the areas serviced by the line into black out.

According to late night statement by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, the incident occured at about 3:32pm, Monday 22nd April, 2024.

She explained that when TCN observed that 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 in order to detect and rectify the fault.

According to her, “While fault tracing, TCN’s engineering crew discovered that towers 288, 289 , 290, and 291 were vandalised 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 bulk power supply to parts of Yola and Jos Electricity Distribution Companies’ franchise areas.

“To mitigate the effect of the incident on electricity consumers affected by the incident, TCN is trying to first backfeed Gombe through its 132kV transmission line from Bauchi and subsequently Ashaka, Potiskum, Damaturu, and Billiri/ Savannah.”

She assured that TCN would do everything possible to ensure that supply is restored to the affected areas, while efforts will be made to reconstruct the four vandalised towers.