Ghana: ECG Denies Responsibility For Koforidua Fire Outbreak At Private Property

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has denied responsibility for a fire that gutted a residential property in Two-Streams, a suburb of Koforidua in the Eastern Region.

This follows media reports alleging that an ECG disconnection exercise sparked a fire at a residential facility in Two-Streams.

According to ECG, the said customer who is indebted to ECG to the tune of GHC 6,519.38 customer resisted the disconnection and further threatened the ECG staff with a machete.

Sensing danger, the ECG staff called for Police assistance, and in the presence of the Police, the ECG team disconnected the facility directly from the pole outside the facility

A statement issued by ECG on Monday (27 January) said the fire incident in question happened later after the disconnection.

”The attention of the Electricity Company of Ghana Limited (ECG) has been drawn to online publications accusing ECG staff of causing fire to a residential facility at Two-Streams in Koforidua, after a disconnection exercise. ECG wishes to state clearly that the allegations are completely false and must be ignored.

”The ECG post-paid customer in question owes ECG to the tune of GHC6,519.38 since September 2024 and has been disconnected for non-payment of bills. On 24th January 2025, as part of the ongoing revenue mobilization exercise (Operation Keep the Lights On), the ECG team visited the customer’s facility and discovered an illegal self-reconnection by the customer, and the team decided to disconnect the customer for the illegality.”

”The customer resisted the disconnection, and threatened the ECG staff with a machete. Sensing danger, the ECG staff called for Police assistance, and in the presence of the Police, the ECG team disconnected the facility directly from the pole outside the facility. The fire outbreak, per the reports, occurred later in the day, hours after our team had left the area of the incident,” the statement said.

Source: https://energynewsafrica.com