TCN declares force majeure after Kainji-Birnin Kebbi tower collapse

The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has declared unit majeure connected the 330kV Kainji-Birnin Kebbi transmission enactment pursuing the illness of a transmission operation on the corridor.

The operation collapsed astatine astir 10:44 p.m. connected Monday, September 7, 2026, aft the transmission enactment tripped.

​TCN said a proceedings reclosure was attempted astatine 11:07 p.m., but the enactment tripped again.

Following the incident, linesmen from TCN’s Birnin Kebbi Sub-Region conducted a fault-finding patrol on the transmission corridor and discovered that Tower T367 had collapsed.

The institution said preliminary findings indicated that the illness was caused by dense winds and rainstorms successful the area.

TCN said it had commenced arrangements to mobilise personnel, instrumentality and different resources to the affected determination to rehabilitate the collapsed operation and reconstruct the transmission line.

“The incidental has affected the transmission of bulk energy done the 330kV Kainji–Birnin Kebbi transmission corridor. Consequently, and successful presumption of the earthy catastrophe that caused the damage, TCN hereby declares Force Majeure connected the 330kV Kainji–Birnin Kebbi Transmission Line (2KNJ–BRK1),” the institution said.