Confirming the incident, spokesman of the Bauchi State Police Command, Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, said the command had received a report notifying it about an
Suspected vandals have destroyed a High Tension Transmission Line using Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Unguwar Kanawa, a suburb of the Bauchi State metropolis. The power transmission, which passes through Bauchi, supplies electricity to other North-Eastern states. Residents of the community reported overhearing a huge sound in the backyard and later discovered that the High Tension Mast had been brought down.
An explosion caused by an improvised explosive device has destroyed a high-tension electric transmission pole in the Unguwan Kanawa area near the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, in Bauchi State.
Bauchi State Police Command has commended search for suspected economic saboteurs who allegedly blew an electric High Tension Transmission Line situated