Two In Custody For Assaulting ECG Officials

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into police custody two persons who allegedly assaulted two officials of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) at Oyarifa during a disconnection exercise. Shadrack Adjetey Monnie, a 42-year-old building contractor, and Anyetei Ezekiel, a 24-year-old construction labourer, have been jointly charged with causing unlawful damage and two counts of assault. They pleaded not guilty to all the charges. The Court presided over by Samuel Bright Acquah, remanded them into Police custody to reappear on June 8, 2023. The facts as presented by the prosecutor, Paul Assibi Abariga, were that the complainants, Thomas Tetteh Yemo…