VANDAL CRUSHED TO DEATH UNDER COLLAPSED TRANSMISSION TOWER IN DELTA STATE. (PHOTO).
VANDAL CRUSHED TO DEATH UNDER COLLAPSED TRANSMISSION TOWER IN DELTA STATE A suspected vandal has been crushed to death under a collapsed vandalised transmission tower along the 330kV Ughelli-Benin transmission line in Delta State. The incident was discovered during a line patrol carried out by the Delta Sub-Region, Lines Maintenance Department of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), following the tripping of the line on earth fault on the Ughelli - Benin 330kV Transmission line. A statement by the TCN indicates that the patrol team traced the fault to Tower 101, which had collapsed. The body of the suspected vandal was found crushed between the tower members. Tower 101 on the adjacent Ughelli - Sapele 330kV transmission line had also been vandalized.
According to the United Nation top human rights official,he said that a French soldier deployed to Central Africa Republic has been accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl in the latest in a series of misconduct allegations against peacekeeping forces there.U.N High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said U.N staff were informed on August 30 of allegations that a French Soldier sexually abused a girl in her mid to late teens last year.She gave birth to a child in April and lodged a paternity case with local authorities.In a statement today during a visit to Central African Republic he said ''We simply have to find ways to prevent such odious acts being committed by any soldiers anywhere who are supposed to be protecting vulnerable populations''.He further said that French authorities had been informed of the latest allegation and the U.N mission,which took over peacekeeping duties from Frencj troops,had offered to help investigate.
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