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Bayelsa plunged into darkness as vandals destroy TCN towers
Bayelsa plunged into darkness as vandals destroy TCN towers
Residents of Bayelsa State in the South-South region of Nigeria are experiencing a severe power outage following the announcement by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) that its towers in the state capital, Yenagoa, have been vandalized.
The spokesperson of TCN, Ndidi Mbah, made this revelation in a statement on Thursday.
Mbah reported that on July 29, 2024, vandals targeted transmission towers T98 and T99 along the Ahoada-Yenagoa 132kV line in the Igbooghene Community, causing both towers to collapse.
According to him, the incident has resulted in a power outage affecting the entire Bayelsa State, including TCN’s Yenagoa Substation and the Gbarain Power Station.
“The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) hereby states that two transmission towers, T98 and T99 along the Ahoada-Yenagoa 132kV line were vandalized on July 29, 2024, in the Igbooghene Community of Bayelsa State.
“This incident caused the collapse of both towers, cutting off the power supply to Bayelsa State, including TCN’s Yenagoa Substation and the Gbarain Power Station. Presently, Yenagoa Metropolis and the entire Bayelsa State are still without power supply,” TCN said.
Vandalism in other South-south Regions
In addition, TCN explained that similar vandalism of its infrastructures has taken place in other South-south regions including Ahoada and Port Harcourt in River State.
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The power company reported that an individual was caught last month vandalizing tower T238 along the Owerri-Ahoada 132kV double circuit transmission lines.
Mbah also mentioned another act of vandalism that occurred on June 10, 2024, at the Ahoada Transmission Substation.
Accordingly, TCN urged the public to help in the ongoing fight against the vandalism of power infrastructure nationwide, adding that the company will continue to collaborate with security operatives and host communities including the DSS and Civil Defence Corps to combat such menace.
“Our engineers led by the General Manager Transmission, Port Harcourt Region, Engr. Emmanuel Akpa accompanied by men from the DSS inspected the site of the vandalized towers. Plans are already ongoing to mobilize a contractor on an emergency basis to reconstruct the collapsed towers.
“This follows an incident on June 16, 2024, where an individual was caught vandalizing tower T238 along the Owerri-Ahoada 132kV double circuit transmission lines. Another act of vandalism occurred on June 10, 2024, at the Ahoada Transmission Substation.
“TCN is urging the public to help in the ongoing fight against the vandalism of power infrastructure nationwide. The company will continue to collaborate with security operatives and host communities including the DSS and Civil Defence Corps to combat the menace.
“Meanwhile, we are interfacing with stakeholders including security operatives in Yenagoa to put in place other initiatives geared towards helping TCN curtail the menace within the State,” TCN added.
Bayelsa plunged into darkness as vandals destroy TCN towers
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200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS
200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has disclosed that about 200,000 repentant terrorists have so far dropped their arms and surrendered to troops in the North East, noting that the twin strategy of kinetic and non-kinetic operations was responsible for this achievement.
The CDS made this known at the Security and Justice Symposium organised by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) in collaboration with the British High Commission, which began at the National Counterterrorism Centre in Abuja on Tuesday.
He disclosed that the theme of the symposium, ”Securing Peace, Ensuring Justice, Protection, Conduct, and Accountability,” speaks volumes about the deluge of security challenges the armed forces and security agencies are facing.
His words, “All the challenges we are facing today have to do with fairness, equity, justice, and accountability.
“There will not be peace without justice, equity, fairness, and accountability. In our operations, we are conducting both kinetic and non-kinetic strategies, which have to a large extent yielded significant successes, and we want to particularly thank the National Security Adviser for his great support in this regard.
“Nigeria is going through so many challenges, and we feel we’re able to address this, and everybody has a sense of belonging. A lot of the security challenges we are having, we are sure, will go down. I want to thank the National Security Advisor for all the support he’s given us, both the kinetic and the non-kinetic.
“We have said it; the kinetic aspect is just less than 30%. The non-kinetic has a lot to play. The non-kinetic, because when you have democracy, people must have the evidence of democracy. As long as it tells people to sleep well and be peaceful, and they are hungry, their children cannot eat, and all this creates more problems.
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“The issue of informants. We have to look at how we tackle this issue of informants. Because these are the people who have created the issue.
200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS
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Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police
Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police
The spokesperson for the police in Delta State, SP Bright Edafe, has confirmed the death of two robbery suspects in the state.
Mr Edafe, who disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday in Warri, said that the deceased were killed from the bullets shot by their gang members.
According to him, the incident occurred on Wednesday at Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of the state.
Mr Edafe explained that the deceased were leading the police surveillance team attached to the Ekpan Division to their hideout when they were caught during a shoot-out.
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“The suspects were arrested at Effurun roundabout with a bag containing 57 live cartridges and other items. They were leading the surveillance team to their hideout at Warri/Sapele road when their gang members, on sighting the vehicle of the police team, engaged them in a shootout.During the gun duel, the arrested suspects that were leading the police team were fatally wounded by the gun shot of their colleagues. The two injured suspects were taken to the hospital and later died while receiving treatment,” he said.
Mr Edafe said that items recovered from the hoodlums hideout included: one English pump action gun, one locally made cut-to-size gun and eight live cartridges.
Others were: six iPhones, Smart phones and a Rolex wrist watch.
He said that the command had intensified manhunt on the fleeing members of the gang.
Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police
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