Crimes

Blackout as Boko Haram destroys 2 transmission towers in Yobe

Boko Haram insurgents have destroyed two 330 KVA power transmission towers in Yobe State, plunging residents of the state and Borno State into darkness.

The incident was confirmed by the Yobe State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, on Saturday, February 24, 2024.

Abdulkarim said the towers supplied electricity from Gombe State to Yobe and Borno states.

He disclosed that the Boko Haram terrorists were suspected to have used improvised explosive devices to blow up the facilities in the early hours of Saturday.

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The police spokesman said: “The transmission towers are located in Kasaisa in Damaturu Local Government Area of the state and supply electricity from Gombe to Yobe and Borno.

“The destruction has plunged residents of the two states into darkness.”

The attack on the towers was the second in three months, as they were destroyed in December 2023 but were repaired in January 2024.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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