Electric transmission line in Bauchi destroys by Explosion
I An explosion caused by an Improvised Explosive Device has destroyed a high-tension electric transmission pole situated in the Unguwan Kanawa area near Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi.
The explosion was said to have been caused by yet-to-be-identified persons who used explosives to vandalise government property.
Although there was no human casualty, however, a high-tension pole of the electricity transmission line was destroyed.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in the state on Saturday.
Wakil, in the statement entitled, ‘Destruction of public property by suspected vandals,’ said that the incident occurred on Thursday night.
He said the Chief Security Officer of the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi who reported the incident to the police stated that a loud sound was heard around the Ungwan Kanawa Area.
On February 1, 2024, at about 10 p.m., the Bauchi State Police Command received a report from the Chief Security Officer of Federal Polytechnic Bauchi indicating that on the quoted date, a loud sound was heard around an electric high tension transmission line situated at Anguwan Kanawa area, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis.
Upon receiving the report, a team of police operatives including the specialised personnel from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Chemicals Biological Radioactive and Nuclear (EOD-CBRN) Unit was drafted and deployed to the scene immediately.
Consequently, preliminary investigation revealed that a high tension pole collapsed and was damaged as a result of explosives used by suspected economic vandals.
Hence, the CP sought continued collaboration and support from the members of the public to secure the lives and property of the people,” Wakil said.
