- Boko Haram last week attacked transmission towers in Borno.
- The group had destroyed similar infrastructure in January and March
Last week, ISWAP (Boko Haram) insurgents bombed electricity infrastructure in Borno, throwing the state capital again into darkness. Last Friday, the group bombed high-tension lines in Garin kuturu village, along the Maiduguri-Damaturu Road. According to reports, the terrorists destroyed five transmission towers in the attack.
The group had, earlier in January, bombed Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) transmission towers located along the Maiduguri- Damaturu highway.
In January, the terrorists thrice attacked electricity installations. It took the TCN about two months to repair the damage as workers had to navigate land mines placed by the terrorists. Following the repairs, another attack was carried out in March, setting back supply to the whole of the state. This attack is set to worsen the already abysmal electricity supply in the state.
Neither the TCN nor Yola Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC) have released a statement following the attack.