{"id":111503,"date":"2024-02-24T21:12:45","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T20:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/boko-haram-insurgents-destroy-330kva-power-towers-in-yobe"},"modified":"2024-02-24T23:44:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T22:44:59","slug":"boko-haram-insurgents-destroy-330kva-power-towers-in-yobe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-insurgents-destroy-330kva-power-towers-in-yobe","title":{"rendered":"Boko Haram insurgents destroy 330KVA power towers in Yobe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Yobe State Police Command says suspected Boko Haram insurgents have destroyed two 330 KVA power transmission towers in the state, plunging residents of Borno and Yobe into darkness.<\/p>\n<p>DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, the spokesperson for the Command, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Abdulkarim said that the transmission towers supplied electricity from Gombe to Yobe and Borno State.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the attackers were suspected to have used improvised explosive devices to blow up the facilities in the early hours of Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe transmission towers are located in Kasaisa in Damaturu Local Government Area of the state and supply electricity from Gombe to Yobe and Borno.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe destruction has plunged residents of the two states into darkness, \u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Yobe State Police Command says suspected Boko Haram insurgents have destroyed two 330 KVA power transmission towers in the state, plunging residents of Borno and Yobe into darkness. DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, the spokesperson for the Command, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":111502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,45,254,334],"class_list":["post-111503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-boko-haram","tag-nigeria","tag-yobe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Boko Haram insurgents destroy 330KVA power towers in Yobe - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Yobe State Police Command says suspected Boko Haram insurgents have destroyed two 330 KVA power transmission towers ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-insurgents-destroy-330kva-power-towers-in-yobe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boko Haram insurgents destroy 330KVA power towers in Yobe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Yobe State Police Command says suspected Boko Haram insurgents have destroyed two 330 KVA power transmission towers ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-insurgents-destroy-330kva-power-towers-in-yobe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-24T20:12:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-24T22:44:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/sm_1708798223.845455.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-insurgents-destroy-330kva-power-towers-in-yobe#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-insurgents-destroy-330kva-power-towers-in-yobe\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Boko Haram insurgents destroy 330KVA power towers in Yobe\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-24T20:12:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-24T22:44:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-insurgents-destroy-330kva-power-towers-in-yobe\"},\"wordCount\":149,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-insurgents-destroy-330kva-power-towers-in-yobe#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/sm_1708798223.845455.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Boko Haram\",\"Nigeria\",\"Yobe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-insurgents-destroy-330kva-power-towers-in-yobe#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-insurgents-destroy-330kva-power-towers-in-yobe\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/boko-haram-insurgents-destroy-330kva-power-towers-in-yobe\",\"name\":\"Boko Haram insurgents destroy 330KVA power towers in Yobe - 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