TCN counters AEDC over reason for blackout in Kogi

The Transmission Company of Nigeria has countered Abuja Electricity Distribution Company implicit the crushed for the blackout successful parts of Kogi State.

This comes arsenic AEDC had blamed scheduled attraction of 100MVA powerfulness transformers astatine the Apo 132kV for energy disruption successful Kogi.

AEDC had listed Zango, Shetima, Apansede, Phase 1, Phase 2, and Crown Estate and environs, Kogi State, arsenic areas affected by the blackout.

However, successful a connection by TCN spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, it was clarified that nary attraction enactment was carried retired astatine its Apo 132kV Transmission Substation, contrary to the connection issued by AEDC.

TCN explained that it successfully carried retired attraction astatine its APO substation connected 30th April 2026, erstwhile the transformer was taken offline successful exigency owed to arcing observed connected the transformer bushing.

“This means the powerfulness outage experienced by the DisCo’s customers successful the areas listed successful AEDC’s nationalist announcement was not attributable to TCN,” TCN said.

TCN counters AEDC implicit crushed for blackout successful Kog...