Insurgents have cut off another section of the 330 kilovolts Damaturu-to-Maiduguri transmission line.
The development comes barely 48 hours after the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) restored bulk power to Maiduguri and its environs.
Confirming the development to newsmen, a senior official of TCN said: “After concerted effort by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to restore power to Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, insurgents bomb tower 152 and 153 on Damaturu – Maiduguri (Molai) 330kv line at around 5:56am on 27th March 2021, putting Maiduguri and its environs out of power supply again.”
It would be recalled that there was wild jubilation on Wednesday when the power was restored by the Yola Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC) after TCN restored the delivery of bulk power to the DisCo.
The restoration came nearly two months after insurgents attacked the 330kV Damaturu to Maiduguri transmission line around the Jakana area of the town on January 26, 2021, destroying three towers and cutting off the capital from the national power grid.
