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Two churches charged with illegal connection of power
The churches involved in the illegal connections were Church of God at Kwapra and Holy Church of the Lord at Kronum.
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They were arrested during a revenue mobilisation exercise undertaken by officials of the ECG, in collaboration with the police, including two churches in Kumasi to recover debts owed the company by consumers.
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The operation which was conducted by the Suame Service Centre of the company was in areas such as Kronum, Afrancho and Kwapra.
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Briefing the press, the Ashanti Regional Communications Manager of ECG, Erastus Kyere Baidoo, said all those arrested were people who were disconnected for non-payment but reconnected themselves illegally.
He said the offenders were mainly residential users, enterprises and churches.
According to him, all the 12 offenders owed collectively GH¢150,000.
He said in all, the debt owed the company in the region stood in the region of GH¢130million and asked those who were owing to take steps to settle their debts or have their power disconnected.
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