The Deputy Director in charge of Operations at the Presidency, Mustapha Gbande, has called for the arrest of three prominent personalities over the disappearance of 1,300 containers belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).
He pointed out the current Minority Leader in Parliament and former Board Chairman of the ECG, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, as one of the individuals who should be arrested for interrogation.
Gbande also stated that the former Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh; and the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ECG, Dubik Mahama, could provide vital information about the missing containers and should be arrested immediately.
Speaking in an interview with Citi FM, Gbande noted that the three personalities could help ascertain the whereabouts of the missing containers to aid the fight against corruption.
“The Board Chairman, Afenyo-Markin, now wants to run away from responsibility, and it is in the country’s interest for him to be arrested immediately. I am calling for the immediate arrest of Afenyo-Markin, Samuel Dubik Mahama, and Matthew Opoku Prempeh because we cannot continue to have these instances of corruption, and it is time for us to take action,” he stated.
Gbande’s comment comes after a report revealed that over 1,300 containers belonging to the ECG cannot be accounted for at the Tema Port.
According to Prof Innocent Senyo Acquah, Chairman of the investigative committee, while ECG claimed to have 2,491 uncleared containers filled with cables and other essential equipment, an independent audit at the port found only 1,134 containers, leaving 1,357 missing.
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