Trailer Crash Plunges

Trailer Crash Plunges Jigawa And Yobe Into Darkness, Disrupting Power To 16 LGAs

Residents of Jigawa and Yobe states are currently experiencing darkness after a moving trailer ran into Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, tower located in Gunduwawa in Gezawa LGA of Kano state.

TCN General Manager of public affairs, Ndidi Mbah disclosed this in a statement on Monday.

According to her, the incident happened on Sunday, leading to the disruption of electricity supply from its Kanoโ€“Hadejia 132kV Transmission Line, with the loss of about 16.6 megawatts.

She noted that TCNโ€™s contractor has already been deployed to reconstruct the tower.

TCN assured that it will do everything to resume bulk power supply to the electricity distribution company in the affected areas.

โ€œThe incident caused the tripping of the line, cutting off supply as the tower fell on the container and hit a nearby residential building damaging a part of it. Although no life was lost, the incident has been reported to Gezawa Divisional.

โ€œUnfortunately, this has put Hadejia, Gumel, Gagarawa, Nguru, Mallammadori, Birniwa, Kafin-Hausa, Auyo, Guri, Kaugama, Taura, Garki, Maigatari, Babura, Kirikasamma, Machina Local Government Areas in Jigawa and Yobe States in darkness, and presently, there is no alternative source of bulk power supply to two of TCNโ€™s substations, the Gagarawa and Hadejia substations.

โ€œThis means that the affected areas will not have supply until the tower is repaired,โ€ the statement reads.