Man in Police grips for illegally connecting power
The Amasaman Divisional Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old trader, Kofi Mensah, for stealing power and reconnecting to the national grid after officials of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Ltd. disconnected him for illegal connection.
Speaking to the media, Mr Kingsley Opoku, the ECG Amasaman District Manager, said that on one of its usual monitoring exercises, field staff identified a customer, who was using an unauthorised meter at âNii Aryeeâ, a suburb of Pokuase.
A closer inspection revealed that the meter had been illegally moved from another District so, the customer was disconnected and directed to visit the office to regularise his relationship with the Company.
Mr Opoku said the customer refused to visit the office but illegally reconnected himself to the grid.
âAnytime he was disconnected, the customer reconnected himself without recourse to the Company.
âWe were further alarmed when we realised that the customer had now used a cable to directly connect his premises to the low voltage cables that serve the community. He had also extended this illegal supply to other customers in the area,â he said.
The suspect initially resisted attempts by the staff of the Company to disconnect him, prompting the involvement of the police, who ensured that the disconnection was done.
Mr Emmanuel Akinie, the ECG Accra West General Manager, warned customers to desist from interfering with the Companyâs distribution network.
He said such interferences did not only pose a danger to the unauthorised individuals but could cause fire outbreaks, leading to damage to properties.
âWe are consistently reviewing our strategies to identify, surcharge and prosecute any persons found to be stealing power or engaged in other forms of illegalities that negatively affect our systemâ, he said.
The Accra West region has eight operational districts which are Ablekuma, Achimota, Amasaman, Bortianor, Dansoman, Kaneshie, Korlebu and Nsawam.
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