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A 28-year-old owner of a hairdressing salon at Amakom in Kumasi, Akwasi Asiamah is in the grip of the police for locking up a police officer and personnel from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in his salon.
Asiamah was arrested last Wednesday and is currently in police custody assisting in investigation.
His action followed the attempt by the police officer and the ECG personnel to arrest him for illegal power connection and also owing the company to the tune of over GH¢7000 as a result of an earlier illegal connection.
Briefing Graphic Online, the acting General Manager of Public Relations and Communications for the Ashanti Strategic Business Unit of the ECG, Mr Erasmus Kyere Baidoo, said on January 9, 2021, personnel from the ECG visited his salon, ‘On Point Salon’ at Amakom and detected that Mr Asiamah tapped into a single-phase energy metre to connect power to his salon.