The Transmission Company of Nigeria says its tower T372, along the Gombe-Damaturu-Maiduguri 330kV transmission line, was brought down by vandals on Saturday at about 1:44 a.m.
Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s spokeswoman, said this in a statement on Monday.
TCN said the development had thrown Damaturu in Yobe and Maiduguri in Borno out of power supply.
It added that the vandals cut off all four tower footing, resulting in the tower’s collapse, and were discovered by TCN’s linesmen deployed on emergency patrol.
According to the statement, Maiduguri town will be fed by the Maiduguri Emergency Power Plant (MEPP).
“Following the destructive attack, effort is ongoing by TCN’s engineers in the interim to back-feed Damaturu through a 33kV transmission line from Potiskum. Meanwhile, work will commence immediately to dismantle and evacuate the collapsed tower for reconstruction and restoration of the transmission line,” said the organisation.
