By Ikugbadi Oluwasegun
A suspected vandal has been crushed to death under a collapsed vandalised transmission tower along the 330kV Ughelli-Benin transmission line in Delta State.
The incident was discovered during a line patrol carried out by the Delta Sub-Region, Lines Maintenance Department of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), following the tripping of the line on earth fault on the Ughelli – Benin 330kV Transmission line.
A statement by the TCN indicates that the patrol team traced the fault to Tower 101, which had collapsed.
The body of the suspected vandal was found crushed between the tower members.
Tower 101 on the adjacent Ughelli – Sapele 330kV transmission line had also been vandalized.
