Events center at East Legon ‘hot’ over alleged illegal electricity connection

An events center at East Legon in Accra, De Icon event facility has been nabbed by officials of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) for allegedly engaging in meter bypass/illegal connection.

When officials of the ECG visited the place on Monday, August 8, 2022, they observed that security lights and other electricals were functioning, including air-conditioners and fridges among other items without authorization.

The power plant at the center was off, but the facility had no other secondary source of power.

Ishmael Oku, “a rough calculation of the power consumption of the facility is pegged at about GH¢40,000”.

He said the owners of the facility will be served with an illegal connection notice and an investigation will be carried out.

He noted that, during the first week of the exercise, which started on August 1, 2022, the team discovered over 1000 illegal connections and some have been surcharged while others will be facing prosecution from next week.