Transformer Thieves Plunge Community Into Darkness

Some unidentified persons last Thursday vandalized a 200KVA pole-mounted transformer also belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana Limited at Ahiabukorpe, a community in the Ga West Municipality in the Greater Accra region, plunging the entire area into darkness. The destruction of the transformer is the second time such

an incident was also recorded in the municipality in two weeks. Thieves had earlier stolen copper windings in a newly installed transformer at the Dunyo, another community in the Ga West Municipal Assembly after bringing down the pole-mounted transformer. General Manager of the ECG Accra West region, Ing.

Ebenezer Ghunney, has expressed shock at the acts of vandalism and thievery, and admonished the public to help protect electricity installations in their communities. As a power distribution company keen on ensuring that we also provide safe and reliable electricity supply to our customers, we have heavily invested in getting adequate

materials at vantage points in all communities to also enhance the power that we supply, he pointed out. He said, the cost of replacing expensive materials like the transformers which are often rendered useless after such thefts, affect the Company’s operations and all the investments made. Ing. Ghunney, therefore,charged the

public to report any suspicious persons or activities around any of ECG’s installations to the nearest police station or ECG office.The estimated cost of 200KVA transformer is about GHc39,000. The incident has since been reported to the Pokuase police station.