KEDCO explains reason for power outage in Kano

The Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has attributed the ongoing powerfulness outage affecting parts of the Kano metropolis to faults connected the 132kV Kumbotso–Dan’Agundi transmission line.

In a nationalist announcement dated September 23, 2026, the institution said the outage followed the tripping of an earth-fault relay caused by a windstorm connected the night of Monday, September 21.

KEDCO said engineers from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), portion inspecting the affected line, discovered aggregate conductor cuts and tilted transverse arms.

“The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) engineers identified aggregate conductor cuts and tilted transverse arms, which required isolating the enactment and removal of immoderate instrumentality for repairs and fabrication,” the announcement said.

The institution said the harm had affected energy proviso to the bulk of customers successful the Kano metropolis, adding that it was moving to supply energy done alternate sources portion TCN carries retired repairs.

“KEDCO is presently moving to supply powerfulness proviso to the affected customers done alternate sources, pending the completion of the repairs by the TCN,” it said.

The institution apologised for the disruption and assured customers that mean proviso would beryllium restored erstwhile the repair enactment was completed.

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