Vandalisation of power lines caused electricity grid collapse – Minister
The Federal Government has blamed the latest collapse of electricity grid on vandalisation of power lines.
Minister of Power, Mr Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement signed by his Special Adviser (Media) Isa Sanusi.
His words: “Further to our earlier press release, we wish to apprise the general public that the immediate cause of national blackout (system collapse) was an act of vandalism on a transmission tower on the Odukpani — Ikot Ekpene 330kV double circuit transmission line thus resulting in a sudden loss of about 400MW of generation. This consequently led to a cascade of plants shut down across the country.
“We wish to notify the public that power on the grid is being restored sequentially by the System Operator as other on-grid power plants are being dispatched to cover the lost generation capacity from the Calabar power plant owned by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company Ltd.
