The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced the arrest of suspects caught vandalising its facilities along the Nkalagu–Abakaliki 132kV single circuit transmission line in Ebonyi state.
The General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah,said that investigations at the scene established that structural tower members valued at ‘billions of naira’ were systematically removed and sold to illicit scrap metal dealers.
Mbah named the suspects as Obinna Nweke and Monday Ezike, who are both indigenes of the Ezza Umuhuali Community in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi state, saying that they were apprehended by local youths and members of a vigilante group acting on a tip-off.
Similarly General Manager, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Adeshina Adeonipekun, however stated that with the collaboration with host communities, the menace was reducing.