Residents of Kebbi, Kaduna States and its environs, are currently facing a power outage caused by a tripped transmission line.
The development has resulted in significant disruptions to the state’s electricity supply.
Kaduna Electric confirmed the outage in a statement posted on its official X account on Thursday, May 8, 2025.
The company attributed the disruption to a tripped transmission line at the Kainji-Birnin Kebbi substation.
It wrote, “Outage on 330KV Kainji -Birnin Kebbi Line. We sincerely wish to apologize to our esteemed customers in Birnin Kebbi for the outage currently being experienced.
“The outage is due to the collapse of three transmission towers near Yauri town.
“The TCN team is working diligently to rectify the issue. Normal power supply will be restored as soon as possible.
“We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience.”
Since 2024, there have been multiple instances where the 330kV transmission line between Kainji and Birnin Kebbi has experienced unexpected trips.
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