Cable vandals have thrown the Presidential Villa into darkness.
This was disclosed in a statement by the TCN noting that the incident, which occurred around the Millennium Park, a few kilometres away from the Presidential Villa, saw the vandals carting away 40 meters of 1x500mm² XLPE conductors on the two 132kV transmission lines.
She said areas experiencing power outages include Maitama, Wuse, Jabi, Lifecamp, Asokoro, Utako, Mabushi, and parts of the Presidential Villa.
Mbah added that TCN engineers have already been mobilised to the site of the incident to repair the vandalised cables.
Meanwhile, the Power Minister, Adebayo Adelabu in another statement noted that a 132kV transmission line and underground cables supplying power to central parts of the Federal Capital Territory and its environs were vandalised.
The vandalised 132kV underground cable transports bulk electricity to TCN’s 132kV Central Area transmission substation, which then supplies power through eight distribution feeders to the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company.