{"id":302295,"date":"2023-12-23T00:20:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T23:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=302295"},"modified":"2023-12-23T00:20:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T23:20:46","slug":"blackout-in-borno-yobe-as-vandals-destroy-transmission-towers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/12\/23\/blackout-in-borno-yobe-as-vandals-destroy-transmission-towers\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackout in Borno, Yobe as vandals destroy transmission towers"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Regrets the inconvenience caused to the government and people of Yobe and Borno States<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pledges to reconstruct the transmission towers damaged by the vandals<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has disclosed that vandals have destroyed two transmission towers supplying electricity to parts of the North East, leaving Borno and Yobe without supply.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/12\/19\/blackout-hits-parts-of-nigeria-as-tcn-announces-shutdown-of-egbin-power-plant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">company<\/a> in a statement by its General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah on Friday said one of its towers, tower T372 around Katsaita Village in Yobe State was vandalised on Thursday, bringing down the 330kV transmission tower which pulled down tower T373 along the same transmission line route.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mbah, the incident, which took place at about 21:18 caused the failure of power supply to parts of the North East, namely, Yobe and Borno States.<\/p>\n<p>She disclosed that while patrolling the line to ascertain the cause of the cut in power supply, \u201cTCN engineers discovered the fallen towers, and the villagers confirmed they heard a loud explosion before the tower came down. 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