The Accra Regional Police Command has disclosed that the heavy floods that ravaged the capital on Wednesday also destroyed portions of some of its barracks.
[contextly_sidebar id=”qGKatJx8e6vtbECyIuHz5IV0FN1EoZfI”]In an interview with Citi News, the Accra Regional Police Commander DCOP Christian Tetteh-Yohuno added that many police officers in the region were affected by the flood.
He said, “Some of our officers who live in Alajo and Mambrobi had their properties washed away,” while they were ordered to throng the streets and homes to protect lives and properties.
DCOP Tetteh-Yohuno said the flood affected most of their officers who were living in low laying areas adding that “the ground floor of their properties were all swept away.”
Hundreds of Ghanaians have reportedly lost their lives in Wednesday’s fire explosion and flooding in Accra.
In another development, President John Dramani Mahama has directed the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), to establish emergency centres in the country to rescue flooding victims.
He said “drastic steps are necessary here if we are to permanently address this perennial problem. We will intensify our efforts to expand a modernized drainage system. In this endeavor I request your understanding and cooperation of Ghanaians to set right what has been wronged with our country for far too long.”
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By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey/citifmonline.com/Ghana