The Transmission Company of Nigeria has announced the tripping of 330kV DC transmission line, plunging the North East, North West and parts of North Central into blackouts.
A statement by the company’s General Manager on Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah said the 330kV Ugwaji–Apir double circuit transmission lines1&2, tripped on Monday due to a fault, resulting in a forced power outage.
Ndidi Mbah stated that throughout Monday, the Apir team patrolled the line, navigating challenging terrains in search of the fault, reaching as far as the River Benue but were unable to locate the cause of the tripping and have continued in the fault tracing early this morning.
She said the lines patrol team from Enugu Region of the company were unable to commence lines patrol due to the ‘sit-at-home’ directive in the South East for October 21st and 22nd, 2024.
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