A visibly distressed Elderly man has cried out following the demolition of his home at the Sakumono Ramsar site as part of efforts by the government to demolish buildings in waterways to ease flooding in the capital city.
In the video, the elderly man is furious, rained curses on security personnel at the demolition site.
In the viral 41-second video, the old man stated, “Leave me, they should kill me today… I will let them kill me. I want the soldiers to kill me… You bunch of fools, it shall never be well with you”.
The ongoing three-day demolition exercise is being carried out by the Greater Accra Regional Security Council (REGSEC), and the Tema West Municipal Assembly is targeting illegal structures within the Golf Course enclave of the Sakumono Ramsar site.
Some Ghanaians reacting to the development stated, “It’s the ordinary citizen who suffers greatly at the expense of development. When an individual is constructing gutters, the assembly stops them, but they do not see someone erecting a whole building. Crazy system”.
A netizen added, “Reasons, the municipal assembly workers who issue licenses and permits to them should be arrested and jailed, not transferred to other regions. They’re always moving around those places and are taking money and issuing permits to them to build”.
One more X user added, “I blame the sale of these lands on the so-called “bosses” in the offices, who are aware of the truth about these lands, having before them the town and country plans, and knowing perfectly well that those places must not be sold or bought by buyers, but because of greed for money”.
Also, Ing Abdulai Mahama, a road and building consultant, has backed the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Linda Ocloo, and her team for the ongoing demolition of structures encroaching.
The road and building consultant commended Linda Ocloo for her work so far, adding that the exercise was a necessary step to avert recurring floods in the capital.
According to him, the reclamation of lagoons, streams, and ponds has significantly increased Ghana’s vulnerability to flooding.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s Breakfast Daily on Tuesday, January 27, Ing. Mahama stated, “Thumbs up to the Greater Accra Regional Minister and the team for what they are doing. I don’t know the persistence with which Ghanaians move to fill lakes, streams and ponds.
It looks like we don’t want them, yet the benefit of rivers and ponds is that, when we have a large volume of water, they accommodate it and release it gradually into the surrounding dry land”.
“But the more we consume these lakes and wetlands, the more we expose ourselves to massive floods that will inundate the country. On this call, I want to applaud the Minister,” he said.
Watch the video below:
“They should kill me. I want to die”
— SIKAOFFICIAL🦍 (@SIKAOFFICIAL1) May 7, 2026
—Visibly distressed property owner cries out following the demolition of his home at the Sakumono Ramsar site as part of efforts by government to demolish buildings in waterways to mitigate flooding in the capital city.
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