The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) wishes to inform the general
public that a fire incident at the Afam V power station on Wednesday, 18th
January, 2017, which completely destroyed TCNs protection and control
equipment in its relay and control room has constrained the evacuation of
guaranteed 450MW generation by the station .

 According to the General Manager (Public Affairs), TCN, Seun Olagunju, the fire incident which occurred at about 6:58 am wholly destroyed  TCNs
equipment at the power station.  However, the cause of the fire is yet to
be ascertained.

 According to the release, immediately after the fire incident, TCN's quick
response team who were mobilized to the site of the incident promptly
isolated the faulty section of the substation and made alternative
arrangement for evacuation of power generated by Afam VI generation into
the grid. Presently, the job has been successfully completed and the power
station reconnected to the National Grid.

 TCN however pointed out that major cause of the current low power
generation is not particularly the fire incident but the vandalism of gas
pipelines that resulted in short supply of gas to thermal power generating
stations.

 The company however reiterated its resolve to continue to work towards
further expanding the nation's transmission grid in line with its grid
expansion plans.