{"id":723687,"date":"2019-10-15T13:12:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T13:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/15\/man-42-arrested-for-pds-theft\/"},"modified":"2019-10-15T13:12:06","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T13:12:06","slug":"man-42-arrested-for-pds-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/15\/man-42-arrested-for-pds-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Man, 42, Arrested For PDS Theft"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

Bright Kofi Bansah<\/strong><\/p>\n

A 42-year-old man has been
\narrested at Sogakope in the Volta Region for allegedly reconnecting customers
\nof Power Distribution Services Ghana Ltd (PDS)
\nwhose supplies have been cut for non-payment of power used.<\/p>\n

Bright
\nKofi Bansah, aka Coffie, was picked up last Friday after he was caught engaging
\nin illegal PDS activities for customers at Agorkpo-Sogakope.<\/p>\n

According
\nto a news release from PDS in the Volta Region, Bansah was once a third party
\ncontractor for the power supply company, and was using his experience to engage
\nin illegalities.<\/p>\n

He was
\nspotted by PDS officials reconnecting customers to power supply from an
\nelectric pole at the Sogakope Roundabout traffic light, after the customers had
\nbeen disconnected for non-payment of bills.<\/p>\n

The PDS Volta Regional Revenue Protection
\nManager, Ing. William Addy, said, \u201cThe mass disconnection exercise which began
\non Wednesday was aimed at maximizing revenue for the company by targeting high
\ndebtors.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added
\nthat during an exercise to check illegal reconnections on Friday, the
\nmonitoring team spotted Bright Kofi Bansah illegally reconnecting customers to
\npower supply from an electric pole around 9:00 am. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe monitoring team apprehended him and reported the case to the Tongu Divisional Police Headquarters for further action,\u201d he said.
Bansah admitted to illegal reconnection and pleaded with the authorities to pardon him for engaging in that act.<\/p>\n

The
\nculprit was later arrested by the Tongu Divisional Police Commander Supt Dennis
\nFiakpui, who confirmed the arrest. He said the suspect would be processed for
\ncourt.
Mr. S. Abrefa Besea, Regional Commercial Manager
\nof PDS in the Volta Region, said the company would intensify the exercise to
\nmaximize revenue for the company.<\/p>\n

He cautioned
\nthe public to desist from unlawful entry into PDS networks and illegal
\nconnections since such actions constitute criminal offences punishable by law.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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