Engineers in Nigeria have restored a key high-voltage transmission line in the country’s south-east, ending a day-long power disruption across several towns.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) confirmed that the 132kV Aba–Itu line was brought back online at 19:53 local time on Sunday following swift repairs. The outage began early Saturday afternoon after an unexpected fault developed along the line. Maintenance crews carried out emergency patrols across the terrain to locate and fix the defect, the state-backed grid operator said.
The restoration has allowed the regional distribution utility, the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC), to resume supplying power to key urban and commercial hubs in Akwa Ibom State, including Uyo, Eket, Ekim, and Itu.
Frequent grid disruptions remain a critical challenge for Nigeria’s power sector, where fragile infrastructure and limited generation capacity often leave millions of households and businesses reliant on backup diesel generators.
In a statement, TCN management assured consumers that efforts remain ongoing to maintain bulk power delivery across the national grid.
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