The Federal Authorities declared on Saturday that vandalism of transmission towers at Odukpani, Ikot Ekpene 330 Kilovolt double circuit line change into as soon as accountable for Friday’s collapse of the national grid.
Mr Isa Sanusi, Special Adviser on Media to the Minister of Energy, Mr Abubakar Aliyu, made the declaration in an announcement issued in Abuja.
“We luxuriate in to expose the fashioned public that the instantaneous motive of the national blackout (device collapse) change into as soon as an act of vandalism on a transmission tower on the Odukpani Ikot Ekpene 330kV double circuit transmission line.
“This resulted in unexpected loss of about 400 Megawatts of workmanship. This this potential that ended in a cascade of plant shutdowns throughout the nation,’’ he acknowledged.
Per him, energy on the grid is being restored sequentially by the device operator at the Calabar energy plant, the Niger Energy Holding Company Ltd.