Vandals attack Lokoja-Gwagwalada electricity towers, shut down transmission line

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced that three towers along Lokoja- Gwagwalada line one have been vandalized.

TCN said bulk power transmission along the route has been disrupted.

GM, Corporate Affairs, TCN, Ndidi Mbah, announced the development in a statement.

The statement said vandals also stole two spans of aluminium conductor from the line one.

Though a double-circuit line, TCN assures that it is still supplying bulk power through line two, while efforts are underway to source replacement aluminium conductors for the two spans stolen from the line one.

“TCN describes the rising trend of vandalism on transmission lines and towers as threat to the country’s power infrastructure and hindering the expansion and stability of the national grid as it again appeal to communities hosting transmission lines and towers, to collaborate with it and security operatives to combat the menace,” the statement said.