TCN says vandals cut off all four tower footings, resulting in the tower's collapse
SPECIAL REPORT: Antimicrobial resistance crisis heightens in Nigeria, other countriesHow Ukraine’s Superhuman Centre is helping war heroes walk againINVESTIGATION: How displaced Nigerian villagers are massacred in search for foodThe Transmission Company of Nigeria has said its tower T372, along the Gombe -Damaturu-Maiduguri 330 Kilovolt transmission line, has been brought down by vandals.Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s general manager of public affairs, said this in a statement in Abuja on Monday.
She said that the vandals cut off all four tower footings, resulting in the tower’s collapse, which was discovered by TCN’s linesmen deployed on emergency patrol.“Following the destructive attack, an effort is ongoing by TCN’s engineers in the interim to back-feed Damaturu through a 33kV transmission line from Potiskum.Support journalism driven by facts, created by Nigerians for Nigerians. Our thorough, researched reporting relies on the support of readers like you.
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