Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Jinapor, has revealed that 40 of the more than 1,300 missing ECG containers have been recovered after being traced to an Indian national. He added that the retrieved containers have been secured at a safe location.
The Minister assured that law enforcement agencies are continuing their investigations and affirmed that all missing containers will be recovered, with those responsible being held accountable.
“The update I received this morning, and I must commend the National Security operatives and law enforcement agencies, is that they have already traced 40 containers to a terminal warehouse in Kpone, owned by an Indian man. These 40 containers have been seized and moved to a secure location,” he said.
The individual in question claimed that the containers were sold to him last year, a matter that is still under investigation. Jinapor assured that law enforcement is gathering intelligence and will continue to trace and recover all missing containers, with the perpetrators facing justice.
He also cautioned that when legal action is taken, no one should accuse the authorities of witch-hunting. “These are state properties, and we will use every legitimate method to recover them,” he emphasized.
The situation was deemed alarming, and Jinapor confirmed that a full-scale investigation involving the Attorney-General and the Police is underway to locate the missing containers or recover their monetary value.
An investigative report into the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) revealed that over 1,300 containers, meant to be cleared at Tema Port, were unaccounted for. Prof. Innocent Senyo Acquah, the chairman of the investigative committee, noted that ECG initially reported 2,491 uncleared containers, but an independent audit found only 1,134, leaving 1,347 missing.
Speaking to TV3’s News Central on March 27, the Minister confirmed that a foreign national, an Indian man, had been arrested after national security operatives identified him as being in possession of 40 of the missing containers, which he had stored in a Kpone warehouse. Jinapor disclosed that the Indian national claimed he had purchased the containers last year.
