Afrigather Ho — Felix Azumah,40, unemployed,has been arrested for allegedly posing as a staff of the Electrical energy Firm of Ghana (ECG) and extorting money fromcustomers.
The suspect, who is believedto have furthermore defrauded ECG customers, at Atta Kofi and Akum, in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Pickle, was grabbed after residents lodged a complaint at the Amanfrom police set.
The Public Relatives Officer of the ECG,accountable of the Volta Pickle, Mr Benjamin ObengAntwi, confirmed the chronicle to the Ghanaian Instances in Ho, the day long gone by.
He mentioned the suspect posed as a Earnings Sequence and Disconnection Officer of ECG, and extorted money from customers, who couldn’t fabricate receipts of contemporary fee of ECG bills.
In accordance with MrAntwi, the suspect,residentof Breweniase,” movedfrom condo to condo telling residents that he works with ECG and has been tasked by the firm to disconnect unlawful electricity connections to customers.”
He mentioned the suspect automatically disconnect unlawful vitality provide to of us and receive money from them.
The PRO mentioned “MrAzumah furthermore took money from some of us and promised to encourage them fabricate meters, nonetheless the meters never came and a few residents turned suspicious of him after they demanded to gape his identification, which proved futile.”
MrAntwi mentioned success eluded Azumahand he was arrested by the police at Amanfrom, set earlier than court and granted GH¢10,000bail with one surety.
MrAntwi entreated the final public to be weary of of us,who claimed they had been ECG officers and file such characters to the police.
He recommended the residents for their vigilance and requested customers to step by step verify the identification of ECG officers, who would perhaps well well transact commercial with them.
