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Some unidentified persons last Thursday vandalized a 200KVA pole-mounted transformer belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana Limited (ECG) at Ahiabukorpe, a community in the Ga West Municipality  in the Greater Accra region, plunging the entire area into darkness

The destruction of the transformer is the second time such an incident was recorded in the municipality in two weeks.

Thieves had earlier stolen copper windings in a newly installed transformer at Dunyo, another community in the Ga West Municipal Assembly after bringing down the pole-mounted transformer.

The General Manager of ECG Accra West region, Ing. Ebenezer Ghunney, has expressed shock at the acts of vandalism and thievery, and admonished the public to help protect electricity installations in their communities.

“As a power distribution company keen on ensuring that we provide safe and reliable electricity supply to our customers, we have heavily invested in getting adequate materials at vantage points in all communities to enhance the power that we supply”, he pointed out.

He said, the cost of replacing expensive materials like transformers which are often rendered useless after such thefts, affect the Company’s operations and investments made.

Ing. Ghunney, therefore,charged the public to report any suspicious persons or activities around any of ECG’s installations to the nearest police station or ECG office.

The estimated cost of 200KVA transformer is about GHc39,000.

The incident has since been reported to the Pokuase police station.