Four individuals, including three Ghanaians and a Chinese national, have been arrested for tampering with and installing manipulated meters from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).
Wisdom Sewlorm, an agent, received the ECG meters for installation. However, his employee, Ernest Afatsawu, tampered with them and sold them to a Chinese plastic manufacturing firm for GH₵1,200.
Rulian Shan, the manager of the Chinese firm, along with his sales manager, Ali Yakubu, were detained on Friday, August 2.
Afatsawu and Sewlorm are currently under investigation.
The ECG has estimated the financial loss to be over GH₵77,000 for the period between July and August.
The Director of Investigation, Prosecution, and Security, Paul Abariga. stated that the four suspects will be brought to court on Wednesday.
Additionally, the contract with the ECG contractor will be terminated.
“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 in an interview with Citi FM.
“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,” he added.
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