Power supply to Maiduguri, one of the densely populated areas in Nigeria, West Africa, has been cut off of power supply, leaving over 800,000 without electricity.
This follows the bombing of two towers along the Mamaturu-Maiduguri 330kV transmission line by the Boko Haram insurgency group on Saturday.
The group carried a similar attack on the transmission company of Nigeria line supplying power to Maiduguri and its environs about two months ago.
The TCN made concerted effort and restored power to the area, on 24th March, 2021, only for the group to carry out another attack on the transmission towers.
In a statement issued by Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, General Manager for Public Affairs at TCN, which confirmed the incident, said the incident occurred at about 5.56am on Saturday.
“The incident which occurred at about 5.56am, again cut power supply to Maiduguri and its environs.
This time, the insurgent’s chain bombed two other towers; T152 and T153 along the same line route of the other incident.
“TCN would continue to do all that it can to ensure power supply is restored to the affected areas,” the statement said.
Source:www.energynewsafrica.com
