A woman believed to be 29 years old was rescued from a drainage near the traffic light between the Jubilee House and the Afrikiko Leisure Centre by personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service on Wednesday, April 8, 2026.
According to multiple reports, the woman was rescued after security officers received a distress call from the Jubilee House Information Control Department around 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
A video of the incident captured the moment Fire Service personnel pulled the woman out of the drainage.
When asked how she ended up in the gutter, the woman explained that some men chased her the previous night, forcing her to hide inside the drainage in a bid to seek refuge.
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“Somebody was chasing me in the night and I entered inside the gutter,” the woman said as she cried.
A military officer, believed to be a security personnel from the seat of government, Jubilee House, who was present at the scene, asked her how she got into the gutter in the first place, as it was covered.
The woman pointed to an area across the road and led the soldiers and other security personnel to an opening. Upon arrival, she indicated that she entered the gutter through that opening.
One of the security officers was heard saying that he could see marks of her hands and feet in the gutter.
Watch the video below:
This was the moment a 29-year-old woman was pulled out of a drainage near the traffic light between the Jubilee House and the Afrikiko Leisure Centre by Ghana National Fire Service personnel.
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