Blackout hits Nasarawa, Benue, as vandals destroy six TCN APIR-Lafia towers

Parts of Nasarawa and Benue states are experiencing energy proviso disruptions arsenic vandals destroyed six Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, APIR-Lafia towers.

TCN spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, disclosed this successful a connection connected Tuesday.

Mbah said TCN’s towers, T125 to T130, collapsed connected May 30th, owed to a dense downpour.

She noted that preliminary probe by the bureau showed that the captious components of the lines were vandalized.

TCN said that incidental resulted successful some the Apir–Lafia 330 kV transmission lines, I and II, being retired of work pending the reconstruction of the affected towers.

“This incidental straight affects energy proviso to communities wrong the franchise areas of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company and Jos Electricity Distribution Company.

“Meanwhile, the Lafia 330kV Transmission Station is being supplied done the Lafia–Jos transmission enactment arsenic a impermanent measurement to minimize the interaction of the outage connected affected energy customers wrong the franchise areas of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) and Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC),” TCN stated.

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