The continuing restore work on the Ahoada-Yenagoa 132 Kilo Volt (kV) transmission line has been stalled following an assault by vandals on the placement.
Ndidi Mbah, the final supervisor for public affairs for the Transmission Firm of Nigeria (TCN) mentioned the vandals in a second assault disrupted operations on Towers 29 to 31, by stealing roughly one-third of the conductor on Thursday.
In a press release issued on Friday, Mbah mentioned a group of TCN engineers led by the GM of the Port Harcourt area, Emmanuel Akpa, performed an inspection on the affected website.
In keeping with her, findings present that the vandals carried out their legal actions on the positioning at evening.
She mentioned, “To be able to forestall additional theft whereas repairs are being made, native safety has been engaged at Ula Ikata in Ahoada East Native Authorities Space to safe the positioning till repairs are accomplished. Moreover, the road might be energised from the Ahoada finish as a safety measure.”
Mbah additionally mentioned that the TCN is working effortlessly to exchange the stolen 250mm regardless of challenges offered by flooding and tough terrain.
“The restringing of the Ahoada-Yenagoa 132kV line is roughly 85 per cent accomplished,” she mentioned.
She additional referred to as on the residents to assist the corporate’s effort to handle the actions of the criminals of their areas.
As well as, she assured that TCN has intensified its effort to guard operational installations throughout the nation to stop the hostile impact of criminals.