MON NOV 11 2024-theGBJournal| The multi-million naira transmission towers T306, T307, and T308 of the 330kV Lokoja – Gwagwalada transmission line has been destroyed and vandalized by rogue terrorists, disrupting bulk power transmission along the route.
The destruction reflects the rising trend of vandalism targeting transmission lines and towers, which has become a significant challenge.
The most recent attack which occurred in the early hours of Saturday saw two expensive spans of aluminium conductor stolen.
The Lokoja–Gwagwalada line is a double-circuit transmission line, and while TCN is still supplying bulk power through line two, efforts are underway to source replacement aluminium conductors for the two spans stolen from line one.
The trend has seen the nation’s electricity disrupted, severely impacting the country’s power infrastructure and hindering the expansion and stability of the national grid.
It also adds to an alarming pattern of attacks on the transmission network nationwide.
In the Gwagwalada area alone, recent acts of vandalism include the attack on the Gwagwalada–Kukuwaba–Apo transmission line on 10th December 2023, the Gwagwalada–Katampe line on February 26, 2024, and several others on that axis.
Such acts of vandalism continue to disrupt the stability and growth of Nigeria’s national grid.
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