The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has confirmed that parts of the Presidential Villa and 60 percent of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, are without power after vandals stole a 132-kilovolt underground cable that transports bulk electricity to its 132kV Central Area Transmission Substation.
TCN confirmed this in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, on Friday.
According to TCN, the vandalism occurred at the Millennium Park axis in Abuja.
It added that the vandals made away with 40 meters of 1×500 mm² XLPE conductors on the two 132 kV transmission lines.
“The vandalised 132kV underground cable transports bulk electricity to TCN’s 132kV Central Area Transmission Substation, which then supplies power through 8No. distribution feeders to AEDC for onward supply to its customers in Central Area and environs.
“The incident, which was carried out around the Millennium Park axis of Abuja, has affected over 60% of the power supply to Abuja as the vandals carted away 40 meters of 1x500mm² XLPE conductors on the 2 numbers 132kV transmission lines.
“TCN engineers have already been mobilised to the site of the incident to repair the vandalised cables,” the company stated.
TCN noted that the development has resulted in power outages in numerous districts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), including Maitama, Wuse, Jabi, Life Camp, Asokoro, Utako, Mabushi, and parts of the Presidential Villa.
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