The Transmission Company of Nigeria on Tuesday said that six power transmission towers along the Delta – Benin and Delta – Sapele – Benin 330kV transmission line routes have been vandalized and some of their tower members removed.
According to the statement, the Delta-Benin and Delta-Sapele-Benin 330kV transmission lines evacuate power from Transcorp Power Limited, Ughelli into the national grid. With the collapse of tower No 61 on Delta-Benin line however, TCN is now evacuating the power through Delta – Sapele- Benin 330kV transmission line alone.
The statement further noted that TCN has been facing the challenge of repeated attacks by vandals on this axis since December 2018. TCN assured that it had already mobilized its quick response engineering team to the site of the incident adding that repair works would be completed in four weeks.