Nigeria, Feb. 5 -- The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Sunday said that its tower number 388 along the Jos-Bauchi 132kV Single Circuit transmission line was vandalised.

A statement by the TCN General Manager Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, noted that the attack resulted in the collapse of the transmission line.

She said the vandalisation of the line is suspected to have occurred on the 1 February, at about 10 p.m.

Ms Mbah explained that the incident led to a power outage in Yobe and Borno states.

"Following a line trip in Jos, Plateau State and bearing in mind past experiences associated with line tripping in that axis, the General Manager, Transmission of Bauchi Region, Tijjani Ahmadu invited the police anti-bomb squad and the D...