President Mahama’s Convoy Struggles Through Flooded Streets After Heavy Rains in Accra, Video Trends

• A viral video showed President John Mahama’s convoy struggling through heavily flooded streets at Atomic Junction, Madina
• The flooding occurred after heavy rains in the city on Friday, September 12, 2025, left many streets impassable
• Social media users reacted with joy, with many saying it was fitting that politicians experienced what ordinary Ghanaians face
• In a chat with YEN.com.gh, journalist Stella Annan shared her perspective on the President's convoy nearly getting stuck in Accra's flooded streets

President John Dramani Mahama’s presidential convoy was left struggling through the flooded streets of Accra after a heavy downpour on Friday, September 12, 2025.

Accra, Ghana’s largest and capital city, has suffered from flooding issues for decades, with no solution in sight.

The problem returned once more following Friday’s rains, with many residents of the city left suffering varying degrees of inconvenience as their homes and streets flooded.

Below is a Facebook video showing the flooding situation in Accra.

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President Mahama’s convoy struggles through Accra flood

Amid the flood, a video showing President Mahama’s convoy struggling to navigate the flooded streets of Accra has gone viral.

The video, which YEN.com.gh sighted on the Twitter page ED Hub, showed Ghana’s lengthy presidential convoy moving on the streets of Atomic Junction near Madina.

Both the lead dispatch riders and the four-wheeled V8s used by Ghana’s political class found it difficult to navigate the streets as the downpour had heavily flooded them.

The convoy became bogged down in the water, stirring reactions on social media.

Successive Ghanaian governments, including the first Mahama administration from 2013-2017, have promised to fix Accra’s flooding problem to no avail, as the city continues to grow at a massive, unplanned rate.

The Twitter video of Mahama's convoy is below.

Ghanaians react to Mahama's convoy struggling in floods

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Ghanaians took to social media to jubilate over the inconvenience President Mahama’s convoy went through during Accra’s floods.

Many netizens said it was only right that the politicians also suffered from the consequences of their failure to address the plight of the ordinary Ghanaian.

NanaEzze said:

"Make them see the real issues on the ground some. I thank Mother Nature for this."

🔱Og🦉ThatStoic🖖🏾 wrote:

"Just a small Oobake rains and now the city is getting flooded 😬🥶🤦🏿💔‼️."

Ghana Tech and Infra commented:

"This is what I call seeing is believing."

BIG STORMZY 🦍🏗 said:

"Still facing problems like this in 2025 is crazy. Eiii Oman Ghana"

George Adusei Senchire wrote:

"Very good, they will know the pain of an ordinary Ghanaian!!

(fan) Maresca Blues commented:

"Haha, that’s a proper reality check. That’s what we the citizens go through."

Journalist reacts to President Mahama's flood troubles

Speaking with YEN.com.gh, Ghanaian journalist Stella Annan described the President's predicament as karma for the neglect of politicians, but also called for Ghanaians to take some portion of the blame.

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"I am happy the president experienced this flooding situation first-hand, as this will allow him to know the real situation on the ground, to know how to tackle it. In the same vein, we Ghanaians should bow our heads in shame as we have not been environmentally conscious, as our indiscriminate disposal of waste has choked drains and obstructed the free flow of water," she said.

Annan added: "Sometimes this flooding is not all due to natural factors but also caused by the behaviours of citizens, so as the politician experiences this situation, we should also look within ourselves and help address the situation."

Minority leader reports Mahama to UK government

Previously, YEN.com.gh reported that minority leader Alexander Afenyo Markin reported President Mahama to a representative of the United Kingdom government over alleged executive overreach.

Speaking during a visit by the UK Minister for International Development, Baroness Chapman, to the Parliament of Ghana, Afenyo-Markin denounced the removal of Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, labelling it a political action rather than a pursuit of accountability.

Source: YEN.com.gh