Five suspects have been apprehended for vandalising high-voltage transmission infrastructure belonging to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Upu community, Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State.
Their arrest was carried out by local vigilantes who caught the suspects in the act, according to a statement issued by TCN on Thursday.
The company said the vandals attacked the Otukpo–Yandev 132kV single-circuit transmission line on November 3, damaging towers N16 and N17 in ASA 3 community, with further damage recorded on eight additional towers along the line.
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