From Isaac Akwetey-Okunor
Information reaching the Eastern File indicates that the Akim Oda Police Command, on Friday, arrested a 26 year old deaf, Yahaya Amidu, for allegedly stealing underground cables belonging to Vodafone Ghana at the Akim Oda office main yard.
The suspect took to his heels with some of the cables, worth over GH¢14,000 upon seeing the police, but unlucky, after he was given a hot chase and subsequently arrested. He has since been remanded at the Nsawam Medium Security Prisons to reappear on 30th June, this year, by an Akim Swedru Circuit Court, presided over by His lordship Yaw Atta Sarpong.
The issue of cable thefts has been a major problem to Vodafone and other telecommunications companies, as it disrupts network service to customers, and results in huge financial expenditure in repairing the damage. Speaking to the file on condition of anonymity, a staff of Vodafone at the Akim Oda branch said there would have been approximately three days of network challenges in both voice and data if Amidu had been successful.
The Akim Oda Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Osafo Peprah, told the paper that Amidu was arrested somewhere last year for the same offence and dragged to court, but was later acquitted because the court couldn’t understand him. Mr. Peprah has assured residents in the area of the commitment of his office to reducing criminal activities.