The police command in Yobe say suspected Boko Haram insurgents have destroyed two 330 KVA power transmission towers in the state, plunging residents of Borno and Yobe into darkness
A spokesman of the command, Dungus Abdulkarim, said this when he spoke to the media in Damaturu.
He added that the transmission towers supply electricity from Gombe to Yobe and Borno.
He said that the attackers were suspected to have used improvised explosive devices to blow up the facilities in the early hours of Saturday
The transmission towers are located in Kasaisa in Damaturu Local Government Area of the state and supply electricity from Gombe to Yobe and Borno.
The destruction is said to have plunged residents of the two states into darkness.
The report adds that the attack on the towers was the second in three months, as they were destroyed in December, but were repaired in January.
(Editor: Nkoli Omhoudu)
