Some angry members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at Asesewa in the Eastern Region have chased out the staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and locked the offices.
They accused the Company of intentionally cutting power supply just when the Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia was about to address a campaign rally at the Asesewa market on Tuesday evening.
The irate members besieged the ECG premises and ordered the workers to vacate their offices because they suspected the workers were on a mission to sabotage the NPP campaign in the area.
A worker who spoke to journalists said they dragged them from their offices onto the compound and locked the main entrance.
He narrated that the stranded workers had to scale the walls, leaving behind their vehicles and other properties before they could go home.
Explaining what led to the power cut, the worker who pleaded anonymity said the Asesewa district has its source of power distribution from a substation at Akyem-Tafo, hence the Asesewa office could not have deliberately interrupted power supply when the Dr Bawumia was billed to address his party.
He stated that a team had to trace the source of the power cut to Boti where a tree branch had fallen on the main distribution cable.
