Barber in court over alleged 44,208kws power theft

A barber, who allegedly stole 44,208 kilowatts (KWS) of electricity power valued at GH¢28,218.18, from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has been arraigned at the Accra Circuit Court.

Kamal Adam, 20, who was charged with stealing and interfer­ence with the supplier’s distribu­tion system, meters or equipment, pleaded not guilty.

The court presided over by Samuel Bright Acquah admitted the accused to GH¢50,000.00 bail with two sureties.

The accused was ordered by the court to report to the police once every week.

The facts as presented by Mrs. Ama Fremah Asante, prosecution, was that the complainant, Stephen Baisie Taylor, was a staff of the Special Operations Division of ECG, while the accused resided at Dzorwulu in Accra.

The prosecution said on Au­gust 7, 2024, the complainant and his team on routine ECG meter monitoring, visited the house of the accused and detected that he had used a 2.5 cable to join his load cable to the ECG service cable behind the fuse board.

Mrs. Asante said the com­plainant pointed the illegal connection behind the fuse to the accused, who was present.

The prosecution said the complainant and his team took photographs and videos of the il­legal connection, disconnected the accused of the power, and issued him with an ECG summons to report at the ECG Project office.

Mrs Asante said the com­plainant and his team revisited the accused’s house and realised that he had reconnected his power to the ECG service line.

The prosecution said the complainant reported the case to the ECG investigation team and handed over the pictorial evidence to the police.

The accused was arrested and his investigation caution statement was obtained.