Nigeria’s capital city Abuja is in darkness after the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, announced a fresh electricity outage in parts of the FCT on Wednesday.
Making the disclosure in a notice, TCN said the outage was caused by the tripping of a 100MVA power transformer at the Apo 132kV/33kV Substation in Abuja.
TCN also explained that oil spillage on the red-phase HV bushing of the transformer led to the tripping, l four 33kV feeders, including feeders H31, H33, H35 and H37.
“The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, hereby informs the public that the 100MVA TR4 transformer at the 132/33kV Apo Transmission Substation tripped in the early hours of today.
“Our maintenance crew are already carrying out a detailed investigation on the transformer to ascertain the exact cause of the tripping, to enable us effect repairs and restore the transformer,” TCN stated.
As a result, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) confirmed a power outage in areas of Abuja, including Apo Legislative Quarters, Lokogoma, Apo Resettlement and other parts of the capital city.
JESNews correspondent recalls that TCN had announced a blackout in parts of Abuja over maintenance.
