By Adam Umar
A vigilante group has apprehended a vandal responsible for destroying the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Kano-Gazaoua 132kV transmission line, in Dawakin Tofa, Kano State. The suspect was caught, March 25, 2025, in possession of stolen tower members, nuts, bolts and parts of the braces.
TCN lines crew who inspected the site confirmed that tower 91, 101, 105, 106, 107, 110, 111, 113, 114, and 115, were affected on Kano - Gazaoua line and 83, 86,87, and 88, on Kano - Kankia 132kV line 1.
The suspect has been transferred to the state's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Bompai for further investigation and prosecution.
Preliminary Police investigation revealed that the vandal had removed the braces from multiple towers and was using a devious method to disguise when entering the town by burning the nuts, bolts and angle iron for tower braces so that people should see it as ordinary metal.
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