ECG summons 16 for stealing power

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has issued a writ of summons to 16 including a Member of Parliament for allegedly using power illegally in Kroboland.

Ms. Sakyiwaa Mensah, ECG Tema Regional Public Relations Officer disclosed to newsmen which was monitored by the Communication for Development and Advocacy Consult (CDA Consult) in Odumase that the illegalities were detected during routine checks on the company’s meters at Lorlonyo, Kpong, and Odumase in its Krobo District.

Ms. Mensah said that even though the MP in question was not at home at the time of the visit by a team of ECG engineers and the Military, the writ of summons was handed over to the caretaker of the property who was present after the disconnection of the illegal power.

She explained that the MP sometime back reported the missing of two of the four meters on his compound, for which he presented a police report as requested by ECG.

She said even though the ECG was still investigating the issues through its internal process, field officers observed during the monitoring that those properties still had power.

“As things stand today, those apartments that do not have the meters are supposed to have been disconnected, however on our monitoring, we realized that those two apartments have power and upon further investigations on the field we realized that the two have been connected from a third meter, on his premises,” she stated.

She added that ECG considered this as an illegal connection and has, therefore, disconnected power to the three apartments, and expects them to be off.

Ms. Mensah also revealed that the other residents who engaged in the illegalities fled their homes when they got wind that ECG was doing monitoring and had already accosted others for engaging in such acts.

The ECG Tema PRO advised customers to comply with the laws and desist from illegal power connections as according to her, the law gives ECG the power to prosecute cases of illegal connections which could lead to a fine or a jail term.

“Nobody is above the law so we entreat all customers to desist from illegal connections as much as possible, let us all comply to and with the laws of the land so we are not found wanting,” she added.