[ 2011-04-07 ]

Thieves break into ECG cash office
Suspected thieves broke into the cash office of
the Kwabenya District of the Electricity Company
of Ghana on Wednesday night and made away with at
least one computer containing valuable financial
information.

The suspected thieves broke one of the doors of
the cash office which is located in a container
situated adjacent to the ECG’s newly
commissioned building at the Atomic roundabout at
Dome-Kwabenya.

Top management members of the ECG in Kwabenya
earlier this year moved into the building but left
staff at the cash office to operate from the
container, with the reason that their systems were
yet to be installed.

District Manager Dominic Afeti declined to speak
to Adom News when contacted saying he was in a
meeting.

Personnel from the Criminal Investigations
Department at the Atomic Divisional Police Command
visited the scene Thursday morning to assess the
situation to begin investigations.

As at 11 am when Adom News last checked, business
was yet to resume as staff sat outside waiting for
officials from the CID Headquarters to arrive at
the crime scene.

Adom News has learnt a similar incident occurred
on the same premises about two years ago, where
the thieves took away the safe containing an
unspecified amount of money being bills paid by
customers.

Meanwhile the security officer on duty who was not
at post at the time of the incident, is assisting
the police with investigations.

The Accra East Region, under which the Kwabenya
District operates, is yet to make any
pronouncements on the incident.

Source - Adomfm

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