TCN, police arrest suspect over vandalism of transmission towers on Yola/Jalingo power line

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced the apprehension of a fishy successful transportation with the vandalism of six transmission towers on the Yola–Jalingo 330kV transmission line, pursuing a associated cognition with the Nigeria Police Force.
In a connection signed by the absorption of the transmission institution connected Wednesday, the vandalized towers numbered T995, T998, T999, T1002, T1003, and T1004, were discovered during a regular patrol by its engineers connected July 29, 2026.

“The inspection revealed that vandals had removed captious bracing members from the structures, making distant with astir 130 operation components and leaving the towers structurally compromised.

In response, TCN and the Nigeria Police conducted a associated raid successful the affected big assemblage connected July 30, wherever they met with the colony caput and younker leaders, urging them to cooperate successful identifying those liable for the onslaught connected the nationalist powerfulness infrastructure”, TCN stated.

The institution disclosed that connected August 1, the constabulary informed it that a main fishy had been arrested. Authorities besides recovered portion of the stolen operation members. TCN officials later...