The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has blamed Monday’s blackout in Karu, Nyanya, Mararaba and different adjoining communities on a minimize jumper on the yellow part at Tower T2 of the Apo–Karu 132kV transmission line, saying repairs started on Tuesday to revive provide.
The TCN stated the road tripped at 5:31 pm on Monday, October 12, 2026, ensuing within the lack of bulk electrical energy provide to the Karu Transmission Substation.
Following the journey, the corporate stated its engineers carried out a bodily inspection of the transmission line and traced the fault to a minimize jumper on the yellow part at Tower T2.
A jumper is a connecting conductor on a transmission tower that hyperlinks sections of the road and helps transmit electrical energy between towers. Damage to such a element can interrupt the circulate of energy alongside the affected line.
TCN stated its upkeep crew was scheduled to hold out pressing repairs on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, to revive the Apo–Karu line to service.
The firm, nevertheless, didn’t state the anticipated time of completion or give a particular restoration time for electrical energy provide to affected areas.
As a results of the outage, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) stated it was unable to provide energy to prospects in Karu, Nyanya, Kugbo, Jikwoyi, Kurudu, Orozo, Karshi, Mararaba and adjoining communities.
The affected areas minimize throughout elements of the Federal Capital Territory and Nasarawa State, together with densely populated residential districts and communities alongside the Abuja–Keffi hall.
TCN apologised to electrical energy customers within the affected areas for the inconvenience attributable to the outage.
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