The youth group accused of fueling the clashes between residents and staff of the Power Distribution Services (PDS) in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region, has criticized the Eastern Regional Minister for accusing them unfairly. The Regional Minister, Eric Kwakye Daffuor blamed the group for the recurrent clashes and called for their arrest. However, the group, …

The Eastern Regional Minister, Eric Kwakye Darfuor has incurred the wrath of aggrieved power consumers at Lower Manya Krobo following his comment that electricity cannot be consumed for free and that residents who cannot afford should go off the national grid. The residents including the Member of Parliament for Lower Manya Krobo, Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi have urged the Eastern Regional …

The Eastern Regional Police Command has beefed up security at Krobo-Odumase where police and agitating residents clashed on Wednesday. The violent clash ensued when the residents allegedly blocked the town road to prevent Power Distribution Services (PDS) officers who were being escorted by police officers to switch off the main transformer that supplies power to the town. The disconnection exercise …

Some irate youth of Yohe, a suburb of Odumase-Krobo in the Eastern Region on Wednesday, 22 May 2019 clashed with officials of the Power Distribution Service Limited (PDS), after the officials of the state power distributor resumed their mass disconnection exercise in the area. A police situation report said about 10:00 GMT, PDS officials of the Krobo district switched off …

Residents of Manya kpongunor in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality have clashed with the Police and officials of Power distribution Company over a mass disconnection exercise by the latter. The residents, mostly youth, blocked the main Kpong -Odumase stretch to prevent the officials of from entering the town and homes for the electricity disconnection exercise. In the ensuing melee, the …