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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) announced a forced outage on the Alaoji 132kV Transmission Line at about 3:59 am on Tuesday, June 23, 2026TCN attributed the outage to an earth fault and distance protection failure, leaving residents in Owerri, Yenagoa, and Ahoada without electricityTCN’s maintenance crew have been deployed to restore normal bulk power supply as quickly as possible
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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced a forced outage on the Alaoji 132kV Transmission Line, which occurred at approximately 3:59 am on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, cutting off electricity supply to customers in Owerri, Yenagoa, and Ahoada.
The announcement was made via TCN’s official X account on Wednesday, June 23, 2026. Ndidi Mbah, General Manager of Public Affairs at TCN, attributed the outage to an earth fault and distance protection failure on the line.
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