The Transmission Company of Nigeria has disclosed that Bayelsa State would experience a long duration of blackout due to the recent vandalism of 13 transmission towers along the Ahoada-Yenagoa 132kV Double Circuit transmission line.
The blackout will also affect some communities in Rivers State.
A team led by the General Manager of the Port Harcourt Transmission region, Emmanuel Akpa, to the site, discovered that all 13 towers from T52 to T64 were affected by vandalism.
Of these, nine towers have collapsed completely, while four are hanging precariously and could collapse at any moment, according to a statement issued on Wednesday by the TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah.
The statement noted that the incident was first reported by the Youth President of the Ukpeli Community in Rivers State on August 12, 2024.
The statement noted that the Ahoada-Yenagoa 132kV Double Circuit Transmission line is “crucial for evacuating power from the Ahoada Transmission Substation to the Yenagoa Substation, which supplies electricity to the entire Bayelsa State.
