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Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by Antoeni(op): 5:13pm On Jan 17, 2025

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Friday said the Presidential Villa has been thrown into darkness as rising cases of theft of electricity cables disrupt power supply.

TCN, in a statement, and another from the Power Minister, Adebayo Adelabu, showed 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.

General Manager at TCN, Ndidi Mba, said 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.

Mba added that TCN engineers have already been mobilised to the site of the incident to repair the vandalised cables.

https://guardian.ng/news/vandals-steal-cables-supplying-presidential-villa-electricity-throw-tinubu-into-darkness/

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Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by Antoeni(op): 5:15pm On Jan 17, 2025

Nice One From Aboki
This darkness must go round Ooo
But Person in charge of Diesel Don Cashout

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Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by iamnotillicit(m): 5:22pm On Jan 17, 2025

DSS office dey around there nah...

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Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by helinues: 5:24pm On Jan 17, 2025

Is Tinubu now in darkness?

We have useless media in Nigeria honestly

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Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by MrEverest(m): 5:25pm On Jan 17, 2025

See country, thank God we don't really have enemies otherwise they can easily stroll into that villa one day and kidnapp the president.

Everyone is neck deep stealing that no one bothers to do their primary tasks anymore.

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Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by SalamRushdie: 5:26pm On Jan 17, 2025

What kind of people even inhabit this place called Nigeria

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Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by Antoeni(op): 5:34pm On Jan 17, 2025

With All The Security Agencies & Cameras Surrounding The Villa.
So Aso Rock Has No Alternative Power Source
Option B & C,
Definitely Something Dey Paly

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Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by RenaissanceGuy: 5:36pm On Jan 17, 2025

Was Aso Rock ever on public power?? Are they not burning our tax money on 24 hour-generator sets??

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Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by helinues: 5:49pm On Jan 17, 2025*

Antoeni:
Nice One From Aboki
This darkness must go round Ooo
But Person in charge of Diesel Don Cashout

See backward reasoning

Na wings remain for some of you to grow so that the witch part can come out fully

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Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by ogaemma: 5:53pm On Jan 17, 2025

Everybody must collect.
Let them also feel the darkness.
KARMA.

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Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by yarimo(m): 6:22pm On Jan 17, 2025

The same criminals will be blaming government for lack of power supply undecided

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Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by happney65: 6:23pm On Jan 17, 2025

That serves him right. grin

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Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by floss(m): 6:24pm On Jan 17, 2025

If you believe this news, then you must believe that Obi won the election

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Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by DMerciful(m): 6:25pm On Jan 17, 2025

If you asked Nigerians, do you think they'd care if this happens? grin

MrEverest:
See country, thank God we don't really have enemies otherwise they can easily stroll into that villa one day and kidnapp the president.

Everyone is neck deep stealing that no one bothers to do their primary tasks anymore.

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Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by yesloaded: 6:29pm On Jan 17, 2025

This is not good

Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by Soulsymbol99: 6:55pm On Jan 17, 2025

Now this is the kind of Thiefry that should be encouraged grin

for once let them feel wot the common man feels undecided

Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by Dindondin: 7:19pm On Jan 17, 2025*

Tinubucally speaking this country isn't serious with getting stable electricity. Una go employ extra securities for power vandals just like pipelines theft and vandals. When vagabonds see a loosed angle, they exploit it. The day FG do accounts of yearly cost of vandalized power items, people go scream. How can govt be doing light wey never good and vandals keep vandalizing it?

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Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by Racoon(m): 7:28pm On Jan 17, 2025

Just imagine this kind of sabotage. Meanwhile, the political leadership is doing something more worst.

Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by oz4real83(m): 7:59pm On Jan 17, 2025

The issue of abokis vandalizing power installations should be declared a national emergency, this is what we keep suffering in my area, we keep replacing armoured cables every time due to vandalism from abokis, bedc officials don't give a damn whether we remain in darkness or not as long as estimated billing continues embarassed

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Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by Softmirror: 8:04pm On Jan 17, 2025

Racoon:
Just imagine this kind of sabotage. Meanwhile, the political leadership is doing something more worst.

Seems you sef dey into vandalism. See as you dey justify your trade lol.🤣

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Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by tuoyoojo(m): 9:21pm On Jan 17, 2025

The diesel plant go alive for aso rock. Nothing do tilumbu

Abuja don hear am this January o

With the load shedding they have been doing about 2 weekss now, them don vandalise cable join.

This cable big, nor be normal iron condemn boys run this racket. Make them look inward well well

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Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by OkpaNsukkaisBae(m): 9:24pm On Jan 17, 2025

These guys are no different from terrorist.

Give them 600years in prison

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Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by AfonjaConehead: 9:25pm On Jan 17, 2025

The north is really attacking this tinubu.....oga carry the presidency back to Lagos,if they continue grin

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Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by Felabrity: 9:40pm On Jan 17, 2025

Vandals everywhere since Tinubu enter power

I am suspecting Yarimo

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Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by Melagros(m): 9:40pm On Jan 17, 2025

COMRADES, VANDALS? You mean Tinubu boys and Shettima? As a result of incompetence?

Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by Felabrity: 9:40pm On Jan 17, 2025

Wike brought his criminals to Abuja

Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by OyeofIkoTuN(m): 9:42pm On Jan 17, 2025

Yoruba

Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by zero8zero(m): 9:42pm On Jan 17, 2025

happney65:
That serves him right.

So, Tinubu Is in darkness grin

you mu_mu o

Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by MaziObinnaokija: 9:42pm On Jan 17, 2025

SCAM.

ADELABU should tell his boys to return the STOLEN CABLE..

Nah dem go STEAL am .Nah dem go RESELL am ho the FG/the peepz.

Nah Ogun go boll ADELABU'S BALLS.

THIEVES grin

Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by Judolisco(m): 9:42pm On Jan 17, 2025

Omo... People no dey even fear again.... Not even death.... Dem jst Wan chop.... Abuja wey light dey always dey, some people go dey thief cable, dem no even fear electrocution..... grin

Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by richiemcgold: 9:43pm On Jan 17, 2025

Cable vandals are too rampant these days. They are almost everywhere. Even in the neighborhoods, they burgle homes to steal cable wires. Who are those buying all these vandalized cables?

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Re: Blackout hits Abuja Central Area as vandals steal 132KV underground cables by zero8zero(m): 9:44pm On Jan 17, 2025

AfonjaConehead:
The north is really attacking this tinubu.....oga carry the presidency back to Lagos,if they continue

So, Tinubu Is using his personal money to repair it? or the attacks will stop tax reform bill or LG autonomy?.. dey play.

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