Man Take His Last Breath As Transmission Tower Collapses On Him While He Was Trying To Vandalize It In Delta State

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has reported the d+ath of a suspected vandal whose body was discovered beneath a collapsed transmission tower in Delta State.

According to TCN, the incident occurred along the 330kV Ughelli-Benin transmission line after the line tripped following an earth fault. The fault prompted an intensive patrol by the Delta Sub-Region Lines Maintenance Department, which traced the problem to Tower 101.

Patrolmen reportedly found the suspected vandal’s corpse trapped and crushed among the collapsed tower members.

TCN said further inspection revealed that Tower 101 on the adjacent Ughelli-Sapele 330kV transmission line had also been seriously vandalised, although the structure remained standing at the time of the report.

The company condemned the continued vandalism of its power infrastructure and urged host communities and members of the public to remain vigilant and report suspicious activities around power installations to security agencies or the nearest TCN office.

TCN warned that vandalism causes power outages, damages critical national assets and poses serious risks to lives, stressing that protecting electricity infrastructure is a shared civic responsibility.