Stealing of electrical wiring cables from uncompleted buildings is on the rise in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional Capital.
The cable thieves target buildings under construction where wiring is being undertaken. They remove the cables and other electrical installations from the ceilings and walls of the buildings.
Some landlords alleged, that cable theft is being perpetrated by some electricians in the Koforidua as they use sophisticated electricity equipment to cut off and remove the wires.
“Now the thieves have targeted uncompleted buildings where wiring is ongoing. They steal the wires from the walls and ceilings of the building. Many landlords in Nyamekrom here have been affected “Hon. Enock Boahene Assembly Member for Nyamekrom Electoral Area told mybrytfmonline.com
Another landlord said he lost all her electrical installations including wires to the cable thieves who invaded his four-bedroom house under construction.
There has been a rise in theft and robbery in Koforidua some security analysts believe the post-Covid-19 economic hardship could be the cause.
Some residents in Koforidua have declared instant justice against suspects caught robbing in their communities.
The residents told mybrytfmonline.com that, there is a rise in pilfering, burglary, and robbery in the Eastern regional capital which little is being done by Police to arrest the perpetrators therefore lynching the perpetrators is the only way to curb the menace.
“They should also stop stealing and doing bad things. They will take them to the police station and in the next minute u will see them on the street again”
“The way the thieves are terrorizing people ehhh, I think the lynching may start if someone is caught. They’re disturbing the peace and security we were enjoying in this town. If we kill one of them they will stop”.
Another victim narrated “What these people are doing to us is on a different level. I have been a victim. And the most annoying part is the police…… Some of them I always say are wearing the uniforms for people to see there are policemen in their families. Others too are in the uniforms because of the salaries and nothing else”
“Me if you steal my food I don’t have any problem with you but trying to break my room, I will never spare you. The way these thieves have heated eerh, hmmm. They nearly robbed me this past Sunday dawn at 1: 25 am. If I had a gun, I would have shot them all”.a resident warned.
The reactions by the residents follow the lynching of a 25-year-old man at Koforidua Adweso Mile -50 on Monday for robbery
Again on Thursday, October 22, 2020 cable thief was nearly lynched by residents of Nyamekrom a suburb of New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Obed Ansah
