A Police Officer identified as Sgt. Mathew of the Madina Police Station has assaulted ECG staff, along with a CID officer.
Reports suggest, Sgt. Mathew allegedly assaulted ECG staff, along with a CID officer, after they filmed him following a power disconnection.
Reports suggest the ECG staff cut the Police Officer’s power at his Pantang residence over an unpaid ₵13,191 bill.
GHOne TV in a post on X sharing the news wrote, “Police Officer, Sgt. Mathew of the Madina Police Station allegedly assaults ECG staff, along with a CID officer, after they filmed him following a power disconnection at his Pantang residence over an unpaid ₵13,191 bill…”.
Some Ghanaians reacting to the development wrote, “NO ONE IS SERVING HERE IN GHANA, THEY ARE ALL WORKING FOR SALARIES, THEY DON’T HAVE THE COUNTRY AT HEART”.
“Integrity….!! This must be investigated with punishment. This is indiscipline…. No one is above the law”, a netizen added.
One X user added. “So are these actually the security officers who are supposed to be protecting and ensuring the citizens’ safety? I’m not surprised tho cuz it really seems like there’s no law or IGP in the country at the moment ‼️useless regime”.
A netizen added, “@GhPoliceService Sack all these foolish and lawless officers from the service and prosecute them for Assault. You can clearly see that they were targeting the camera because they intended to misbehave. But in Ghana, everything is on camera”.
In related news, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced they have empowered franchise officers, commonly known as metre readers, to disconnect the electricity supply over unpaid bills.
According to the ECG Public Relations Officer in the Ashanti West region, Benjamin Obeng Antwi, Metre readers are now authorised to disconnect power from households with unpaid bills.
Before, the Metre readers were equipped to access and verify meter readings and calculate power consumed by customers.
He further detailed that for customer safety, franchise officers, commonly known as metre readers, will be provided with official identification cards and introductory letters from ECG.
Benjamin Obeng Antwi is quoted to have said, “Now the franchise officers have been empowered to disconnect your meter. If they come to your premises and you owe, they show you your bill, and ask you to go and pay”.
“The caveat is that they don’t accept cash. They only let you use the cashless system. Either through the short code *226# or the ECG power app, and you make payments on your own,” he explained.
“We have even added a prepaid monitor to their activities. they can come to your premises and monitor your prepaid as well,” he said.
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Police Officer, Sgt. Mathew of the Madina Police Station allegedly assaults ECG staff, along with a CID officer, after they filmed him following a power disconnection at his Pantang residence over an unpaid ₵13,191 bill…#GHOneNews #EIBNetwork #GHOneTV #NewsAlert pic.twitter.com/C9v0VJsoqY
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