The waves left parts of the area flooded with residents having to salvage what property they could to higher ground.

Speaking to Citi News, Pascal Agbagba, the Head of Management Information System at the Volta Regional NADMO, said his outfit is still assessing the impact of the waves and the subsequent flooding.

“So far, we have about 186 households affected. Averagely we have six people in a house so you can round that up to about 1,500 people affected… there were no casualties but the people are displaced,” he said.

NADMO has started looking for safe havens for them as Mr. Agbagba noted that “the way people are talking about their past experiences, the likelihood of the waves coming in the evening is high.”

NADMO has so far identified some classrooms, some chapels, the area’s health centre and a teachers’ quarters as a possible shelter for the displaced residents.

The Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Letsa, also made his way to the community and noted that, some support from the government would be needed.

“I have seen what has happened and there is the need for intervention from the State. I have spoken to the National Security Minister and he is in touch with the Director General of NADMO, and the Minister of Works and Housing to see what we can do to give them immediate relief whilst looking at medium and long-term steps to solving this problem.”

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By: King Norbert Akpabli/Delali Adogla-Bessa/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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[contextly_sidebar id=”vrGWCnojU7nCrZsp5PM3zNGJE6TEcCGp”]Mr Otchere-Darko said in a Facebook post on Saturday said, seals to some ballot bags in the Ketu South Constituency of the Volta Region had been broken and thumb printed ballot had been found in the bags.

He added that the Electoral Commission was not willing to cooperate to address the issue.

The Electoral Commission (EC) hours later said via its Facebook page that, “checks from Ketu South shows that there is no iota of truth in the claim made in the post below. No such thing happened in Ketu South.”

Mr Otchere-Darko’s viral post attracted a lot of criticism against the EC with many saying it was confirmation the EC would rig the upcoming polls.

But Gabby Otchere-Darko following the EC’s response apologized for the ‘false’ claim and deleted the post.

He said the allegations were later “found not to be accurate on the fundamental facts”

Read his statement below

Meanwhile, the EC has confirmed that there were some irregularities discovered with ballots in the constituency, however, no malpractice is recorded.

It said one of the seals were broken due to transportation and handling process.

It added that a few of the ballot sheets had ink splash on them but have been removed and marked as spoilt in the presence of all political party representatives.

Read the EC’s full explanation of the situation below. 

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By: Jonas Nyabor/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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