The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said Thursday that vandals destroyed 13 towers on the Ahoada-Yenagoa 132kV Double Circuit transmission line.
The TCN towers T97 to T99 were destroyed by vandals on July 29.
The company said the destroyed towers are located in several communities, including Okobe in Ahoada East local government area and Emezhi 1 in Ahoada west.
Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s general manager of Public Affairs, in a statement in Abuja, said the incident was first reported by the youth president of the Ukpeli community in Rivers state on 12 August.
The company added that the destroyed towers are located in several communities, including Okobe in Ahoada East local government area and Emezhi 1 in Ahoada West.
Others are in Mbiama in Ahoada West local government areas of Rivers state, as well as the Igbogene community in Bayelsa state.
TCN said the Port-Harcourt region of TCN, led by the general manager of transmission, Emmanuel Akpa, promptly visited the site near TCN’s Ahoada transmission substation to assess the situation.
The company said the team confirmed that 13 towers, from T52 to T64, were affected by the act of vandalism.
The TCN further stated that nine towers collapsed completely, while four were hanging precariously and could collapse at any moment.
The managing director of TCN, Sule Abdulaziz, described the incident as a national disaster.
NAN