Missing ECG Containers: Over 2,000 Containers Presumed to Have Gone Missing Found
- The Ministry of Energy said it has found the missing containers belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana
- The figure retrieved is about twice the number of containers presumed to have gone missing along with their contents
- Energy Ministry spokesperson Richmond Rockson broke down the locations of the missing but found containers
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The Ministry of Energy has said it has found 2,637 containers belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana, which were believed to have gone missing in the past year.
The figure retrieved is about twice the number of containers presumed to have gone missing with their contents.
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Energy Minister John Jinapor first announced on March 26 that 1,357 containers belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana had gone missing from the Tema Port.
An investigative report on the Electricity Company of Ghana noted that the said containers were supposed to have been cleared from the port.
The containers contained cables, poles and other essential items for the power distributor.
Energy Ministry spokesperson Richmond Rockson broke down the details of the discovery to the Daily Graphic.
As of April 30, 2025, the Electricity Company of Ghana had found 2,583 outstanding containers at various locations.
Rockson said 860 of the containers were found at Meridian Port Services, 1,237 at Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority terminals, while 272 were evacuated by National Security personnel.
In addition, 194 were located at Amaris Terminal, while 20 were retrieved at ATLAS Manufacturing Terminal.
On April 2, Jinapor formally requested that the Attorney General initiate a probe into the disappearance of the containers.
The Energy Minister had also requested an investigation be launched by the National Investigation Bureau.
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Was anyone arrested over the missing containers?
After news of the scandal broke, 40 containers were found in a warehouse in Kpone owned by an Indian national.
National Security later made 14 arrests linked to two aluminium smelting companies located in Shai Hills. In these instances, security personnel found evidence that suggested links to the missing containers.
On March 28, Jinapor visited the two companies, Dangfang Company Ltd and Ponlok Manufacturing Company Ltd, to assess the discoveries.
According to reports from the ground, burnt pellets with Energy Ministry markings were found at Ponlok manufacturing company.
Later, some more containers were found at the Atlas Dry Port after an operation led by the director of investigations at the National Security Council, Chief Supt. Osman Alhassan. He noted that some cables were disguised under tyre rims to avoid detection.
On April 2, the Agona Swedru Divisional Police Command seized a truck loaded with electrical cables suspected to have come from the missing containers in the Gomoa Central District of the Central Region. Two men were also arrested.
Bagbin approves NIB’s request to question A Plus
YEN.com.gh reported in April that the Speaker of Parliament allowed the National Intelligence Bureau to meet with MP for Gomoa Central Kwame Asare Obeng, aka A Plus.
It remains unclear why Obeng was questioned, but it came after he disclosed that a truck carrying cables broke down in Gomoa Awombrew, a town in his constituency, prompting links to the missing Electricity Company of Ghana goods.
Proofreading by Samuel Gitonga, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.
Source: YEN.com.gh
