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By CONSTANCE ATHEKAME
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has restored full power supply through the Gombe ? Damaturu ? Maiduguri 330 Kilo Volt (KV) transmission line.
Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN?S General Manager, Public Affairs, said this in a statement in Abuja on Friday.
Mbah said that power supply had been fully restored on Gombe ? Damaturu line at about7:25 pm, onOct 30th, and on the Damaturu ? Maiduguri (Molai) part of the line on Oct 31, about 2:01 pm.
She recalled that tower 372, along the 330kV transmission line, was vandalised on Sept 22, adding that the vandalised tower was rebuilt, and the stringing of the line was completed on Oct 23at about 12:48p.m.
?TCN was, however, unable to immediately restore bulk power supply through the line due to the vandalism of the Ugwuaji-Apir transmission line.
?Power supply has, however, been fully restored along the Gombe ? Damaturu ? Maiduguri 330kV transmission line.
?TCN is again calling on the public to join in the fight against power installation vandalism to safeguard the future of electricity in Nigeria,? she said.
Mbah appealed to Nigerians to report suspicious activities around transmission installations to security operatives or TCN offices nationwide. (NAN)
