'Asiedu Nketiah would have dealt with us' - Akomea laughs off python-at-substation report

A member of the New Patriotic Party Flagbearer Dr Mahamudu Bawumia campaign team, Nana Akomea, has laughed off reports suggesting that a male and female python found inhabiting a substation at Ahodwo in Kumasi were responsible for recent power outages in the city.

Speaking on the ongoing debate over the erratic power situation following an inferno at the Akosombo Substation, during a discussion on Peace FM on April 28, 2026, Akomea described the reports as ridiculous.

“I saw in one of the newspapers this morning that a python and its wife were found at a substation somewhere in Kumasi, and they were attributing the dumsor in parts of Kumasi to that. It’s ridiculous.

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“Can you imagine if these power supply issues were attributed to pythons during the NPP’s tenure? What Asiedu Nketiah would have done to us,” he added amid laughter.

Akomea further noted that the Electricity Company of Ghana Ltd had not officially commented on the alleged incident.

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He also criticised the government, particularly the sector minister, John Jinapor, for attributing the erratic power situation to transformer maintenance works across the country, recalling that he rejected similar explanations when the NDC was in opposition.

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