The Ghana Police Service has rejected claims of alleged illegal connection and power theft at the Osu Police Barracks and the Kumasi Central Police Station.
According to the police, the payment of electricity bills is centrally managed and not directly paid by individual officers, hence, there is no incentive for the Service or any of its officers to steal electricity as alleged by the ECG.
This was disclosed in a press release issued on Thursday, April 20 and signed by the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Director of Public Affairs, Grace Ansah-Akrofi.
“Our investigation revealed that at the Osu Barracks, the ECG disconnected three buildings because they had no electricity meters. A similar situation happened in Kumasi, where one building was disconnected because it didn’t have its dedicated meter.
“Checks from our records indicate that the situation at both the Osu Police Barracks and the Kumasi Central Police Station has existed for some years now.
“Investigations further established that all the connections at the Osu barracks and the Kumasi Central Police Station were done by the ECG directly to the poles since the ECG had indicated that it did not have any meters available at the time. In both instances, the connections were done by officials of the ECG.”
