The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the Nigeria Police has apprehended vandals in a blue pickup van loaded with tower members and cables.
This was made known in a statement on Tuesday by the General Manager of Public Affairs at TCN, Ndidi Mbah.
Mbah said that the items were allegedly stolen from transmission towers along the Damboa/Maiduguri 132 kilovolt line on August 7.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the Nigeria Police has apprehended vandals in a blue pickup van loaded with tower members and cables.
This was made known in a statement on Tuesday by the General Manager of Public Affairs at TCN, Ndidi Mbah.
Mbah said that the items were allegedly stolen from transmission towers along the Damboa/Maiduguri 132 kilovolt line on August 7.
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She said that the vandals were currently in custody at the Damboa police station, adding that they would be transferred to Police Headquarters in Maiduguri.
“The items were stolen from the Damboa/Maiduguri 132kV transmission line, which is still under reconstruction due to a previous vandal attack,” she said.
She said that the company had also experienced several acts of vandalism at its facilities across the country.
“Between July 1 and Aug. 11, TCN installations have experienced numerous vandalism attacks. These incidents are widespread, affecting every transmission region.
“On Aug. 11, vandals attacked towers T377, T378, and T379 along the Gombe-Damaturu 330kV transmission line, which is undergoing rapid and urgent repair,” she said.
She said that the repair followed a previous vandalism incident involving IEDs on towers T193 and T194, adding that two of the vandals were killed by hunters at the Damaturu end of the line.
”On Aug. 3 and Aug. 5, vandals attacked towers along two transmission line routes under Enugu Region of TCN.
The first attack targeted tower T9 on the Apir-Aliede 330kV transmission line, and the second one targeted tower T12 on the Apir-Otukpo-Yandev 123kV transmission line, both passing through Ikpayango Village.
