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Some unknown persons have broken into the premises of the Aflao Senior High School (SHS) and dismantled the electricity transformer that feeds the school with power and stolen some components in it. The hoodlums also dug out, cut off and made away with the underground cables to the transformer, leaving …

A Kenyan man from Njabini in Nyandarua County died on Thursday, March 9, after being electrocuted while attempting to vandalize a transformer. A police report revealed that the man was struck by electric current and thrown over 20 metres away from the transformer where his lifeless body was recovered. It read; …

A Kenyan man accused of selling potato chips fried with transformer oil was sentenced to two years in prison or pay a fine of Ksh.200,000 (around $1,500). According to Citizen Digital, authorities found 11 liters of transformer oil in Elijah Mwangi Muthoga’s possession when he was arrested in December 2021. …

A 22-year-old man, Prosper Gyasi, is battling for his life at the Twifo Praso District Hospital in the Twifo Atimorkwa District of the Central Region after being electrocuted by a transformer belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The Police indicated in a report that they received a distress …

The Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court in the Eastern Region presided by His Honour Frank Yao Gbeddy has jailed a 42-year-old man Isaac Azu to 12 months imprisonment for stealing parts of a transformer belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana . The prosecutor Detective Chief Inspector Dan Apedo told the court …

The Asafo community, a suburb of Sehwi in the Western North Region, has been plunged in darkness after unidentified persons stole the entire ECG transformer. The transformer emitting 200kvA is a main source of power for other adjoining Sehwi communities. The Assemblyman for the Asafo electoral area, Robert Ebate Boah, …

Some suspected thieves have stolen parts of a new transformer installed by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to serve residents of Dunyo, a suburb of the Ga West Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region. As a solution to complaints by residents of frequent low voltage and power fluctuation …

Rainstorms coupled with thunderstorms have hit an ECG transformer stationed at Abrepo-Bronikrom resulting in a blackout in the area and has halted business activities in the community. Residents recounted that there was a heavy downpour for over two hours coupled with thunderstorms on Monday, March 8. They noted a great …

Residents of Adjumador near Liberty House in the Afienya-Prampram District are currently in darkness after suspected thieves stole their transformer. The ECG transformer is the only source of power supply to the entire community thus, its absence has caused a major blackout. In a November 25, 2021 statement, the Assembly …