TCN Tower Collapse Disrupts Power Supply to Keffi, Akwanga Feeders

<p>By Prevail Inegbenose<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>The Transmission Company of Nigeria &lpar;TCN&rpar; has announced the disruption of electricity supply to customers connected to the Keffi and Akwanga transmission substations following the collapse of three transmission towers along the Karu-Keffi-Akwanga 132kV line corridor&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p><p class&equals;"ari-link"><strong>Read also&colon;<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;sparknewsdaily&period;com&period;ng&sol;fg-powers-yakubu-gowon-university-with-3mw-solar-hybrid-project&sol;">FG Powers Yakubu Gowon University With 3MW Solar Hybrid Project<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TCN said Towers T78&comma; T79 and T80 collapsed at about 4&colon;06pm on Wednesday&comma; October 7&comma; 2026&comma; during rainy and windy conditions&comma; causing the 132kV Karu-Keffi-Akwanga Single Circuit Transmission Line to trip on overcurrent relay protection&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Company further stated that investigations conducted after the trip confirmed that the three transmission towers had collapsed&comma; prompting engineers to isolate the affected section for safety&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;At about 1606hrs today&comma; Wednesday&comma; 7th October 2026&comma; during rainy and windy conditions&comma; the 132kV Karu-Keffi-Akwanga Single Circuit Transmission Line tripped on overcurrent relay protection&period; Investigations revealed that three transmission towers have collapsed&period; TCN promptly isolated for safety&period;<&sol;p><p class&equals;"ari-link"><strong>Read also&colon;<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;sparknewsdaily&period;com&period;ng&sol;neco-announces-2026-ssce-results-records-sharp-drop-in-malpractice&sol;">NECO Announces 2026 SSCE Results&comma; Records Sharp Drop in Malpractice<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Consequently&comma; all 33kV outgoing feeders at the Keffi and Akwanga Transmission Substations are presently unavailable&period; No load can therefore be nominated on the affected feeders on the interim&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The incident has rendered all 33kV outgoing feeders at the 132&sol;33kV Keffi and 132&sol;33kV Akwanga Transmission Substations unavailable&&num;8221&semi;&comma; TCN said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It explained that no load could be nominated on the affected feeders until the situation was addressed&comma; potentially affecting electricity customers supplied through the two substations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Company said its engineers were already at the site assessing the extent of the damage and determining the materials and other requirements needed to commence restoration work&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"ari-link"><strong>Read also&colon;<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;sparknewsdaily&period;com&period;ng&sol;nigeria-commits-domestic-education-funding-through-2030-seeks-more-global-support&sol;">Nigeria Commits Domestic Education Funding Through 2030&comma; Seeks More Global Support<&sol;a><&sol;p><p>Expressing regret for the inconveniences caused to electricity customers by the incident&comma; TCN assured affected communities that efforts were underway to complete the necessary repairs and restore bulk power supply as quickly as possible&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The transmission company also said it would continue to provide updates as restoration activities progress&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;