THE General Manager of Bauchi region of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Mr. Idris L. Alim, has said that electricity had been fully restored in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, four months after 132 KVA “power lines and transmissions stations” were destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents along the 87-kilometre Maiduguri-Damboa Road.

He said besides the June 3, 2015 insurgents’ cut-off of power lines, several attempts were made by the Yola Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC) to fix the destroyed power lines early this year but the insurgents continued to destroy them through Sambisa Forest where the insurgents had their hideouts and training camps.

“The restoration of these power lines were made possible when we complained to Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State on how to completely fix the destroyed power lines to Maiduguri; because without security backups and logistics for the difficult terrains of the Sambisa Forest, the incessantly destroyed electric transmission lines may not be fully fixed for 24-hour electricity supply to the metropolis,” said Alim on how electricity was restored last Thursday.

He said: “Since our team of engineers and technicians completed the test-run of supplying electricity to Maiduguri last Tuesday, we released a maximum of 20 megawatts of electricity for Borno State. And since then, the reports we are getting from residents and other business community indicated that the affected metropolis is getting 24-hour supply of electricity.”