The situation is said to have escalated when military officers opened fire on the group.
The community remains tense following the violent altercation.
Making matters worse, the community has been plunged into darkness following the violent confrontation.
The Public Relations Officer of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) for Ashanti West, Benjamin Obeng Antwi, revealed that a stray bullet during the altercation struck and damaged an ECG transformer, resulting in a power outage in parts of the community.
According to him, ECG officials have visited the scene to conduct an initial assessment. He added that a more thorough evaluation will be carried out to determine the extent of the damage, after which the necessary arrangements will be made to restore power.
“Our engineers will visit the site tomorrow to further assess the transformer and know the extent of damage because we couldn’t do the assessment today due to the chaos. We hope the transformer doesn’t have any damage beyond the oil that was leaking today. Once we confirm it is only the oil, we can top up the oil and restore the supply to the community. So we are hopeful,” he said.
However, he noted that at the moment, the company is unable to provide a specific timeline for when power will be fully restored.
