The federal government has disclosed that the recent nationwide blackout was caused by the vandals who attacked a transmission tower in the south-south region of the country.
This is coming after the ministry of power said a detailed investigation into the recurring grid collapse was ongoing.
The statement from the ministry read;
“Further to our earlier press release, we wish to apprise the general public that the immediate cause of national blackout (system collapse) was an act of vandalism on a transmission tower on the Odukpani-Ikot Ekpene 330kV double circuit transmission line thus resulting in a sudden loss of about 400 MW of generation.
“This consequently led to a cascade of plants shutdown across the country.
“We wish to notify the public that power on the grid is being restored sequentially by the system lperator as other on-grid power plants are being dispatched to cover the lost generation capacity from the Calabar power plant owned by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company Ltd.”