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The Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Jinapor, has announced that 40 out of the over 1,300 missing containers belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have been traced and confiscated.
Speaking in an interview on TV3 on Thursday, March 27, Jinapor revealed that the containers were found in a warehouse owned by an Indian national, who has since been arrested following intelligence gathered by national security operatives.
“The briefing I got this morning—and let me commend the National Security Operatives and the law enforcement agencies—the information I got is that already they’ve traced about 40 of them to a particular terminal warehouse in Kpone, which belonged to an Indian man, and they have confiscated all 40 containers and moved them to a secured location,” he stated.
According to the minister, the suspect claims the containers were sold to him last year, and investigations are ongoing to verify the claim and hold those responsible accountable.
“There are also reports of some other areas where they are picking up intelligence. They will trace and retrieve all of them and fish out the perpetrators before a court of competent jurisdiction,” he added.
“Let me just say that when we start prosecuting these people, let no one say that this is witch-hunting. These are properties of the state, and we will use every legitimate means to ensure that we retrieve them,” he stressed.
The discovery follows an investigative report that revealed ECG had 2,491 uncleared containers filled with cables and other essential equipment at the Tema Port. However, an independent audit found only 1,134 containers, leaving 1,357 unaccounted for.
Prof. Innocent Senyo Acquah, Chairman of the investigative committee, confirmed the discrepancy, prompting calls for a thorough probe into the missing containers.
