A pastor of the New Life Baptist Rock Assemblies at North
Legon in Accra, Kwame Boateng and his tenant, Kwame Amoako were last Saturday
arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court for illegal power connection and theft
of power.
They pleaded not guilty to the charges and were each
granted bail in the sum of GH₵10,000 with two sureties to re-appear on January
9, 2016.
Briefing the court, Inspector Justice Dogbatse of the
Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) investigations unit said on November 8, 2015
a team of ECG staff went on a monitoring exercise at East Legon and went to the
house of the accused.
There, he said it was detected that seven rooms and four
shops on the first floor of the three storey building had been connected
directly while two meters in the facility had also been bypassed.
The two were subsequently arrested and in their caution
statements, they admitted the offence.
A total bill of GH₵19,162.62 was given to Kwame Boateng
and he has since paid GH₵11,140.00.
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