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The Transmission Firm of Nigeria (TCN) has reported that vandals destroyed the 330kV Lokoja-Gwagwalada transmission line, disrupting bulk energy transmission.
It was gathered that the incident, which came about within the early hours of Saturday, November 9, 2024, has prompted disruptions to the electrical energy provide alongside this crucial route.
In an announcement launched on Sunday, by Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s Normal Supervisor of Public Affairs, stated engineers tried to re-energize the road early Saturday however confronted an sudden journey
Mbah stated after unsuccessful reclosing efforts, TCN dispatched a patrol workforce to hint the road for potential faults.
The workforce found that towers T306, T307, and T308 had been vandalized, with thieves stealing two spans of aluminum conductor from the transmission line.
The assertion reads, “The Lokoja–Gwagwalada line is a double-circuit transmission line, and whereas TCN continues to be supplying bulk energy by way of line two, efforts are underway to supply alternative aluminium conductors for the 2 spans stolen from line one.
“The rising development of vandalism focusing on transmission traces and towers has develop into a big problem, severely impacting the nation’s energy infrastructure and hindering the growth and stability of the nationwide grid.
“This current incident provides to an alarming sample of assaults on the transmission community nationwide. Within the Gwagwalada space alone, current acts of vandalism embody the assault on the Gwagwalada–Kukuwaba–Apo transmission line on tenth December 2023, the Gwagwalada–Katampe line on February 26, 2024, and a number of other others on that axis.”
Mbah famous that such acts of vandalism proceed to disrupt the soundness and progress of Nigeria’s nationwide grid.
“We as soon as once more attraction to members of the general public, particularly residents of communities internet hosting transmission traces and towers, to collaborate with TCN and safety operatives in combating this menace.
“Vandalism of energy installations is a disservice to us all and undermines efforts to strengthen the nation’s transmission system,” Mbah added.
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