Vandals Damage TCN’s Shiroro-Kaduna Transmission Towers

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced the vandalisation of its towers along 330kV Shiroro-Kaduna transmission lines 1 and 2, damaging parts of both transmission lines by unidentified hoodlums.

TCN’s General Manager (GM), Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, disclosed this in a statement to journalists in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

According to her, reports from the Shiroro Regional office of TCN stated that the 330kV transmission line one tripped first, followed shortly by the second, as efforts were still ongoing to reclose the first line, prompting the urgent mobilization of local vigilantes to patrol the lines.

“This led to the discovery of two damaged towers, towers T133 and T136, with their cables badly damaged at several points.”

She said arrangements are in top gear to deploy the newly procured “emergency restoration system” to the site, pending the reconstruction of the damaged towers.

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Mrs Mbah stated that TCN has also conducted an aerial survey in collaboration with security operatives, given the area’s vulnerability to banditry, which poses a significant threat to both TCN installations and personnel.

“In the interim, our engineers have implemented a temporary measure to supply bulk power to the Kaduna and Kano regions via the 330kV Kaduna-Jos transmission line. 

“The vandalized Shiroro-Kaduna 330kV lines 1&2 are vital lines through which bulk power is transmitted to parts of the North West region, with each line capable of carrying 600MW.

“The vandalism of the towers and transmission lines presents a significant challenge to bulk power transmission in that axis.

“We are however committed to re-erecting the towers and restringing the transmission lines to restore bulk power transmission through both 330kV power transmission lines,” she stressed.