Ajirioghene Imah
The Transmission Company of Nigeria( TCN) has confirmed the collapse of nine towers, from Tower 56 to Tower 65 along the Papalanto/Abeokuta 132kV transmission line, due to the activities of vandals.
This was disclosed by the General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah via its official Twitter handle.
According to her, the towers located in the Obafemi Owode area of Ogun State were all massively vandalized, leading to their collapse.
In the same vein, the General Manager (T) Lagos Region, Engr. Mojeed Akintola, said the towers collapse, was discovered in Tuesday after a tripping was recorded, and a team was dispatched to trace the fault, leading to the discovery of the collapsed towers.
He further stated that as a result, Abeokuta and its environs are presently out of power supply even as efforts are ongoing to supply bulk electricity through an alternate line, to enable Ibadan DisCo to distribute electricity to its customers whose supply is affected by the incident.
Condemning the activities of the vandals, Mbah noted that their nefarious acts negatively impacted the gird expansion efforts of the company.
She added that the resources that would have been used to further improve the grid infrastructure in Ogun State would now be used to replace the vandalized towers.
She further appealed to host communities to work with her to protect their common national assets.

