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B’Haram terrorists blow up Damaturu-Maiduguri power transmission line three weeks after restoration
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists on Sunday, blew up the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) transmission line along the Damaturu-Maiduguri corridor.
This is coming three weeks after it was restored following an earlier vandalization of the same line, making it the third of such attacks on the electricity towers in the area this year.
A statement issued by TCN’s General Manager of Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, confirmed the latest act of vandalism.
“The Transmission Company of Nigeria hereby states that two of its towers, T193 and T194, along the Damaturu-Maiduguri 330kV Single Circuit Transmission Line have again been destroyed by vandals,” Mbah said.
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Though the statement did not attribute the vandalism to any group, security analyst and counter-insurgency expert, Makama Zagazola, in a post on X, said the Bolo Haram insurgents were the ones who blew out the facilities.
In the post, Zagazola wrote:
“Boko Haram Destroys Damaturu-Maiduguri Transmission Line Three Weeks After Restoration
“In the early hours of Sunday, suspected Boko Haram terrorists once again destroyed the Damaturu-Maiduguri 330kV transmission line, only three weeks after it had been restored by the TCN
“According to reports, the attackers used improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to blow up the facility around 2 a.m., plunging Maiduguri and surrounding areas back into darkness. This marks a repeated targeting of the critical infrastructure by insurgents.”
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