4 accused of tampering with ECG meters, causing GH¢77,878 financial loss

 Four persons will be arraigned before the Circuit Court in Accra, today, for allegedly tampering with meters belong­ing to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), causing a loss of GH¢77,878.46 to the company.

Mr Paul Asibi Abariga, the Director of Investigations, Prose­cution and Security at ECG, said the suspects would be charged with power theft, interruption with distribution and conspiracy.

This came to light during a press briefing organised by the ECG following the arrest of the suspects over the weekend.

Mr Abariga, who addressed journalists, said Ernest Afatsu, an employee of Wisdom Sewlorm, the owner of NyameAyebi, and agent of ECG, tampered with the

 meters and sold them to Run­lian Manucturing Company Ltd, a company that manufactures plastic bowls at Oblogo, Accra, for GH¢1,200.

The other two suspects are Rulian Shan, the Director of Rulian Manufacturing Company Ltd, and his subordinate Yakubu Ali.

Mr Abariga said the meters were installed at the company on July 23, but the tampering was detected on July 31, and reported to the ECG on August 2.

He said the contract of Nyame Ayebi had been terminat­ed while investigations continued.

Mr Abariga, who is a lawyer, said Rulian Manucturing Com­pany Ltd, was using a residential meter to produce plastic prod­ucts, instead of commercial meter and that the alleged power theft had caused ECG a huge financial loss.

He urged customers of ECG to desist from tampering with ECG meters, lest they would be arrested and prosecuted.

“There are meters being installed in many parts of our op­erational area, and investigations have revealed that some of these meters are tampered with before installation.”Mr Abariga said.

He said “based on our findings, we arrested these four

 individuals. They were using a residential meter in a factory to manufacture plastic bowls at Oblogo near Weija.”

“We aim to conclude our investigations soon and present them before the court tomor­row,” Mr Abariga said.

He said the ECG would con­duct further investigations into the activities of the company to ascertain whether they pay taxes to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).

Mr Abariga appealed to the public to report cases of meter tampering to the ECG with im­mediate effect.

 BY MALIK SULLEMANA

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