Transmission tower collapse disrupts power supply to Kaduna South

By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has disclosed that 1 of the towers taking powerfulness to Kaduna South has collapsed disrupting energy to the area.

TCN explained that the incident, which occurred successful Rigasa Community connected September 18, 2025, was caused by a terrible downpour and windstorm, worsened by vandalism of the tower’s structural members.

In a connection signed by the General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, TCN explained that its engineers discovered during inspection that vandals had carted distant immoderate components of Tower No. 7 on the Kaduna Town Line I and II, making it susceptible to collapse.

The institution noted that the illness disrupted bulk powerfulness transmission to immoderate Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (KAEDCO) load centers, particularly those supplying energy to parts of Kaduna South.

To trim the impact, TCN directed KAEDCO to nexus its 33kV Mogadishu feeder with the 33kV Abakwa feeder to let customers successful the Mogadishu country entree to powerfulness supply.

However, areas specified arsenic Kinkinau, Yan Tukwane, Kabala West, Unguwan Muazu, and Kaduna North stay unaffected and proceed to bask mean energy supply.

“TCN engineers are already astatine the site, dismantling the collapsed operation members to wide the country and commence re-erection of a caller tower,” the connection said.

The institution apologized to affected customers, assuring them that it is moving circular the timepiece to reconstruct proviso and minimize the duration of the outage.

The station Transmission operation illness disrupts powerfulness proviso to Kaduna South appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.