The founder and leader of the Believers Worship Centre, Stephen Adom Kyei-Dua, popularly known as Second Chance or Philadelphia Church, has accused the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) of unfair treatment after being slapped with what he describes as an “outrageous” electricity bill and a one-hour ultimatum to pay or risk disconnection.
Addressing the issue before his congregation on Sunday, August 31, 2025, the preacher alleged that ECG officials had deliberately targeted him and his Philadelphia Movement with an “exorbitant” electricity bill of GH¢500,000 (approximately 5 billion old cedis).
“Something is going on. At first, when I used solar and generators, I didn’t even accumulate debts like this,” he said.
He claimed that despite ongoing negotiations with ECG’s head office, a field officer arrived at his premises on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, and ordered him to settle GH¢200,000 of the bill within one hour or risk disconnection.
“Unknowingly, my solar system was powering the entire town of Pokuase Katapor Estate in Accra. We realised that when the solar is down, the entire electricity system in the town flows through my meter, and I end up paying for it.”
“This is an issue we need to sit down and discuss. However, on Wednesday, an ECG official arrived here in a state of anger, giving us a one-hour ultimatum: if we didn’t pay GH¢200,000, he would disconnect the power. He said, look at the money you’re sharing in church, how much is GH¢500,000 debt to you?”
“If I’m the target in your church, is the electricity for your pastor? Because of your comment, what I will do to you, you will regret it in this country,” he cautioned.
Adom Kyei-Dua continued, “he proceeded to disconnect the power, but there was still electricity because, unknown to him, the solar system was powering the entire building.
“Since Wednesday, we haven’t had a single challenge with power. They were using my electricity and still giving me outrageous bills. Do you think you can destroy my life? It is better I buy diesel than use ECG’s electricity.”
He alleged that ECG had planned to disconnect his electricity to disrupt his church services on Friday and Sunday, but the plan failed.
“After eight months, you bring me a bill of 5 billion old cedis? Why should this country set its eyes on me? Why am I under attack by the nation? Am I a bad citizen? Even in Nigeria, where I was a foreign national, I was given recognition. I am a Ghanaian citizen and not a foreigner,” he lamented.
“I am under attack. You should know that the Philadelphia Movement and I, Stephen Adom Kyei-Dua, are under attack. I am sending caution to my attackers, please be careful because the snake bites when frustrated. If you don’t take care, I will show you the colour of my inside if this provocation continues.”
Adom Kyei-Dua explained that before installing a solar system at his church and in the surrounding community, his electricity costs were manageable because he relied heavily on generators.
He alleged that ECG’s billing system was wrongly configured, causing electricity used by other households in the area to be charged on his account.
“They realised that in the evening, when the sun is down and the electricity system takes over, all the bills of the households here flow back to my meter for me to pay,” he said.
