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Nigeria: Transmission line to Lagos collapses after vandals attack pipeline


Issue 453 - 05 Jan 2022 - By Marc Howard | 1 minute read

Five transmission towers on the 330kV Ikeja-West Akangba line supplying Lagos collapsed in December, according to a statement from the state-owned Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), which blamed “massive damage” from a fire caused by a vandalised pipeline nearby.

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