- Safiu Kehinde
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced the collapse of a power transmission line caused by heavy rainstorm.
This was made known in a statement issued on Sunday by the TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah.
According to Mbah, the heavy rainstorm experienced on Thursdsy led to the collapse of a tower along the Ikeja West-Osogbo 330kV transmission line.
“The line tripped during the storm, due to fault, which was detected at approximately 14.9km from the Ikeja West (Ayobo) end of the transmission line.
“Further inspection by TCN maintenance crews revealed that Tower No. 515 had collapsed during the storm, with the structure giving way at its midsection.” The statement partly read.
The TCN disclosed that effort is ongoing to dismantle the fallen tower while assuring residents of swift re-erection of another one.
“While TCN is mobilizing materials and personnel for the re-erection of the fallen tower, efforts are currently ongoing by its engineers to dismantle the affected tower.
“We assure that we will work assidously to restore flexibility and redundancy in that corridor as alternative line is still in service evacuating bulk power. Updates will be provided as work progresses.” The statement read further.