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The ‘gods of Accra’ are angry – this was made known by the Ga Traditional Council claiming that the June 3 fire and flood disasters were caused by previous events which violated the Ga tradition, “Adu mma” christened “Ban on Drumming and Nosie making”.

Ghana’s wiseacre and controversial boxer, Braimah Kamoko, popularly known as "Bukom Banku" boxing bout in 2014 with colleague Ayitey Powers has been named by the Ga Traditional Council as one of the possible causes of Accra’s twin disaster which killed nearly 160 people.

"Banku-Powers" bout was staged in the month when noise making was banned by the Ga Traditional Council.

Speaking on Accra-based Kasapa FM, Bukom Banku described the allegation by the council as “unfortunate” after insisting that the gods of the Ga State should have killed him and his entire family if indeed he violated any directive.

He however questioned why the gods would killed innocent souls if he was the cause of their anger – “Why didn’t the gods kill me and my family. Let them kill me. I have a wife, kids and siblings… they could have come for us instead of killing the innocent people”.

“I don’t think we did anything wrong by choosing to fight on that day. I believe in tradition but this is wrong,” he added. 

While many are blaming the twin disaster on authorities failure to put measures in place to curb flooding as well as fuel stations and other properties located in waterways, the president of the Ga Traditional Council, Nii Dodoo Tackie rather blames it on events as the main issue which annoys the gods.

In a press conference, the Council draw the attention of event organizers to observe the tradition or face the spiritual consequences afterwards.

President of the Council, Dodoo Tackie backed his claim with a tall list of national events including the May 9 Accra Sports Stadium disaster in 2001 that led to the loss of 127 lives, and the recent #Dumsormuststop vigil led by actress Yvonne Nelson as case studies of events that flouted the traditional law on ban on drumming and noise making.