{"id":359509,"date":"2017-10-06T12:03:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T12:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=359509"},"modified":"2017-10-06T12:03:28","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T12:03:28","slug":"wall-of-rawlings-ridge-residence-toppled-after-downpour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/wall-of-rawlings-ridge-residence-toppled-after-downpour\/","title":{"rendered":"Wall of Rawlings\u2019 Ridge residence toppled after downpour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0former Head of State, Jerry John Rawlings, was also not spared by the Friday Morning downpour in the national capital Accra, as the walls of his Ridge Residence was toppled by the storm.<\/p>\n<p>The collapsed walls, sighted by <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, resembled the remnants of an Accra Metropolitan Assembly demolition exercise.<\/p>\n<p>There are currently at least four police officers at the residence, but the former President&#8217;s security detail declined to speak to <strong>Citi News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Many parts of Accra were submerged in flood waters, curtailing\u00a0vehicular movement after the hours of rain.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-359433\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Accra-floods-3.jpg\" alt=\"accra-floods-3\" width=\"618\" height=\"463\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-359436\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Accra-floods-1.jpg\" alt=\"accra-floods-1\" width=\"622\" height=\"466\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Drivers were forced to make detours while others parked their vehicles due to the pool of flood waters on major highways.<\/p>\n<p>Areas such as Teshie-Nungua, Lapaz, Shiashie, Darkuman and Kaneshie\u00a0were some of the heaviest affected.<\/p>\n<p>The flood waters also brought to the fore the capital&#8217;s\u00a0sanitation troubles\u00a0with all kinds of debris and filth being washed onto the streets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Duke Mensah Opoku\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0former Head of State, Jerry John Rawlings, was also not spared by the Friday Morning downpour in the national capital Accra, as the walls of his Ridge Residence was toppled by the storm. 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