Vandals have uprooted and carted away underground power cables supplying electricity to the Presidential Villa and other parts of Abuja.
Transmission Company of Nigeria General Manager of Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, said in a statement Friday that power supply to the Presidential Vila and other places like Maitama, Wuse, Jabi, Lifecamp, Asokoro, Utako, and Mabushi hasbeen disrupted.
She disclosed that 132kV transmission line supplying bulk electricity to the Central Area transmission substation in Katampe and a 40-meter 1x500mm XLPE conductor were moved by the cable thieves.
“The vandalised 132kV underground cable transports bulk electricity to TCN’s 132kV Central Area Transmission Substation, which then supplies power through 8No. distribution feeders to AEDC for onward supply to its customers in Central Area and environs.
“The incident, which was carried out around the Millennium Park axis of Abuja, has affected over 60% of the power supply to Abuja as the vandals carted away 40 meters of 1x500mm² XLPE conductors on the 2 numbers 132kV transmission lines.
“TCN engineers have already been mobilised to the site of the incident to repair the vandalised cables,” said the TCN statement.
