Landslide kills two people at Lake Bosomtwe

Two persons were killed when a landslide swept through Odumase-Afrancho, a village on the bank of Lake Bosomtwe in the Ashanti Region.

The landslide occurred following persistent rainfall in the village and other nearby communities along the Lake a fortnight ago. The victims who had since been buried were identified as Yaw Opoku, 45 and his 12-year-old daughter, Abena Bemah.

A team of Ghana Armed Forces personnel and officials from the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) on Monday conducted an aerial survey in the affected communities to assess the situation.

The team was led by Colonel Nick Sowarty (rtd), Director of Operations, NADMO. Briefing the team, Mr Daniel Asuo Afram, Bosomtwe-Atwima-Kwanwoma District Co-ordinator of NADMO, said the landslide affected six communities along the bank of the lake.

He said about 120 people had been displaced and had moved to other nearby villages to seek refuge. Mr Afram appealed for relief items to assist the victims.

Meanwhile, the World Vision Ghana in collaboration with NADMO, presented relief items worth 100 million cedis to flood victims at Yakubu in the Sekyere East District of Ashanti.