ALEOSAN, North Cotabato–Unidentified armed men bombed but failed to topple a steel tower of the National Grid Corp, of the Philippines (NGCP) yesterday morning.
Supt. Bernard Tayong, speaking for North Cotabato police office, said three improvised explosive devices were attached to three posts of NGCP tower No. 63 in Purok 4, Barangay Pagangan.
He said the same tower was bombed by still unidentified men on Jan. 14 but it was not toppled.
Chief Insp. Jun Napat, Aleosan town police chief, said two crude bombs went off at about 12:20 am Wednesday while another did not.
At about 5 am, village officials found another live bomb still attached to one of the posts.
Quoting village officials, Napat said residents heard loud blasts but did not bother for fear they may be harmed.
Napat said the tower remained standing although two of its legs were severed.
“We are securing it while bomb experts are trying to defuse the third bomb,” Napat said.
The attempt did not affect the transmission of 69-kv line from Kabacan NGCP substation to Simuay, Sultan Kudarat station. It was the second attack on the NGCP transmission tower in North Cotabato, this year. In Jan. 14, the same tower was bombed but it was not toppled.
About 16 steel towers have been bombed in North Cotabato, Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur in 2015 that contributed to the power deficiency in the Mindanao grid.
The NGCP condemned the attack and urged villagers to help the power distributor prevent similar incidents in the future.
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