A 21-year-old student of the All Nations University College in Koforidua has been arrested for stealing electricity to the tune of GH¢3,417.70.
David Ekemiy, a Nigerian, was arrested at his residence, Rasta Down near the Koforidua Polytechnic in the Eastern Region during a routine patrol by the Eastern Regional Loss Control Unit (LCU) of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) with the assistance of the police.
During the exercise, the LCU team detected that David had engaged in meter by-pass where he had connected some of his gadgets without making them pass through the meter.
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The General Manager of ECG in the region, Mr Michael Baah, said the company was taking stringent measures to reduce power thefts by consumers.
He said the company had been recording lots of losses in the region and most were due to the activities of power thieves.
Mr Baah reiterated that the company had resolved to ensure that those caught in the act of illegal power connection faced the full rigours of the law.
He said the practice was becoming too rampant in the region and that it was time the culprits were brought to book, and added that the company was in the process of prosecuting all culprits of power theft in the region.
He, therefore, cautioned customers of the ECG to desist from power theft and also pay their bills to enable ECG to serve them well.
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