The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced the vandalization of another three towers along the Biu – Danbua 132kV transmission line.
This is coming while the company is working on reconstructing and restringing of the four vandalised towers serving the North East part of the country.
TCN in a statement said that the three towers along the Biu – Danbua 132kV transmission line were vandalized with 16 spans of conductors stolen last week Friday.
The towers, which have all collapsed include towers T1690, T1691 and T1692.
“TCN has mobilized a contractor to commence their reconstruction. This discovery was made by the company’s patrol team, last Friday”, it stated “Additionally, this morning (Monday), the TCN lines patrol team discovered that tower T540 along the Makurdi – Jos 330kV double circuit transmission line has been vandalised. Sections of the tower have been removed, although the tower remains standing. TCN has contracted emergency repairs, to prevent its collapse”
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The company also nnounced that tower number T290, one of the four new towers erected by TCN contractors along the Jos – Gombe 330kV transmission line collapsed during the cable stringing process.
The incident occurred at about 7am, on Monday, 27th May, 2024, while the contractor was stringing the cable on the last tower, which was supposed to enable the final jointing of the power cable in time for energizing of the line today.
“Despite the security challenges in the area, TCN contractors and some of our engineering staff worked tirelessly to fast-track the project, doing all that was humanly possible to meet the time-line. Daily, the contractor, TCN engineers accompanied by security operatives consistently left the site by 10pm in the night and resumed work at 6am every day.
“Constructing towers and stringing power cables at such heights is highly technical, although TCN contractors and staff have successfully completed similar projects in other parts of the country. The collapse of the fourth tower is a significant setback, given the extensive efforts to ensure that today’s power restoration timeline was met.
“Our contractor is currently dismantling the collapsed tower members, to enable its reconstruction and final restringing of the cable.
“We reiterate our commitment to restoring normal bulk power supply through the distribution companies serving the North East and other areas affected by vandalism. There is however an urgent need for everyone to join hands with TCN in protecting our collective assets by being vigilant and reporting any suspected acts of tower and line vandalism promptly”, it stated
