A TEENAGER CAUGHT FOR STEALING FUSE FROM ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION

18-year old teenager, Mohammed Issah is now in police custody for allegedly stealing fuse from an electricity substation at Tema Community 2 belonging to the Power Distribution Services (PDS) Ghana Limited.

The unemployed teenager was caught by some residents when he was taking off the fuse from the distribution pillar in the substation near Edzi Bookshop and was immediately handed over to the police.

The suspect led the police to a scrap yard near the West African Examination Council office at Tema Community 5 where he claimed he had been selling the fuse and other scraps to dealers. But the dealers however, denied knowing Issah. The police proceeded to carry out a search in the dealers’ shops but no fuse was found in the yard.

Information gathered by Soireenews.com indicates that, Mr. Christopher Apawu, who is the Power Distribution Services (PDS) Acting District Manager for Tema South have said that, the company had earlier received reports of power outages, and when PDS officials visited the electricity sub-stations, they realized that fuses had been removed by unknown persons.

“There has been instances when the padlocks securing the sub-stations have been broken, so in March this year, we lodged a complaint at the Community 2 Police Station” Mr. Apawu disclosed.

Mr. Christopher said, for the past two weeks, the rate of theft of fuse had intensified as the PDS received daily reports about power outages in some communities.

He indicated that the Faults Team of PDS realized that fuses hand been removed at some sub-stations and said the suspect would be made to appear before court after investigations are completed.

Sabastine Nkrumah Idahosa