The federal government says the recent nationwide blackout
was caused by the vandalisation of a transmission power in the south-south
region.
The national grid had collapsed on Friday night — the third
incident in less than four weeks.
Earlier, the ministry of power said a detailed investigation
into the causes of the recurring grid collapse was ongoing.
In another statement on Saturday, Isa Sanusi, media
spokesperson of the ministry of power, said the latest incident had been traced
to the Odukpani-Ikot Ekpene 330kV double circuit transmission line.
“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,” the statement reads.
“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.”
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