Transmission Company Warns Against Building Under Power Lines

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has warned against gathering oregon engaging successful immoderate activities nether transmission lines, pursuing a thunderstorm occurrence that severely damaged spot on the 132kV Otukpo–Nsukka–New Haven transmission line.

The TCN said that a thunderstorm connected the evening of September 3, 2025, caused a conductor connected the enactment adjacent Tower 97 to drawback and autumn to the ground. The fallen high-voltage conductor ignited a location located straight underneath the transmission line, destroyed a car parked successful the right-of-way, and killed 2 cows successful the vicinity. Fortunately, determination were nary quality casualties.

The company’s wide manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, who made this known, said that contempt the disruption, determination has been nary load nonaccomplishment to the Nsukka area, which is usually supplied done the affected transmission line.

She said TCN had implemented a impermanent alternate powerfulness proviso statement by diverting bulk energy done the Otukpo 132kV Transmission Substation to Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) for onward organisation to the Nsukka axis.

The steadfast said the TCN’s determination manager for Enugu, Engr. Tom Inugonum led an contiguous tract inspection, portion the company’s Quick Response Line Maintenance Team began dismantling the damaged conception to hole for repairs.

Despite the incident, powerfulness proviso to the Nsukka country has been maintained done a impermanent alternate way via the Otukpo 132kV Transmission Substation.

“TCN appreciates that nary quality casualties occurred arsenic a effect of the incident. However, this is simply a stark reminder of the request to debar building, parking, oregon engaging successful immoderate activities wrong the transmission lines’ Right-of-way (RoW). The institution emphasises that specified encroachments are highly unsafe and airs superior risks to lives and property. We impulse the nationalist to ever respect the integrity of powerfulness infrastructure and comply with information guidelines astir transmission facilities. TCN remains committed to maintaining a unchangeable and unafraid nationalist grid portion ensuring nationalist safety,” the institution stated.