The Ghana National Fire Service retrieved the lifeless body of an unidentified person from the Asylum Down drainage on Wednesday, April 8, 2026.
In a statement, the Service said a rescue team from the Circle Fire Station was dispatched at 6:19 a.m. to the drainage channel feeding the Odaw River, opposite Iran Clinic at Asylum Down, after a distress call.
The rescue team, led by ADO I Richard Helegbe, arrived at about 6:25 a.m. and retrieved the lifeless body of an unidentified man, believed to be in his late 20s, from the drain.
The Fire Service said the body has been handed over to the Police for preservation and investigations.
Source: Ernest Kelvin Okanta
