National grid: TCN reveals reason behind latest incident

Following the latest national grid collapse, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has fingered the tripping of the Omotosho-Ikeja West 330kV transmission line as the cause.

Nigerians were thrown into darkness from 11:34 am on Wednesday following a disruption of power supply in the national grid.

Speaking in a statement, TCN’s General Manager of Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah shared that at the time, the Benin-Egbin 330kV line was on a scheduled outage for mechanical line tracing.

She revealed that the tripping resulted in a cascaded outage affecting the Lagos, Abuja, and Osogbo axes.

Mbah further disclosed that apart from the axis, all other parts of the grid remained unaffected, condemning “reports of a grid collapse in the media.”

She added that the line had been successfully restored, and normal power supply had been fully restored to the affected areas.

“We assure Nigerians of our commitment to the efficient delivery of bulk power across the nation as we continue to implement measures to enhance the stability of the national grid.”