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Claim: Some Facebook accounts under the names of Y3ktv, Prince Ali Carmon and Alfred Ogbamey posted a video showing cars submerged in floodwaters, claiming the incident occurred around the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA). The posts had generated over 30 reactions at the time of this investigation.
Verdict: FALSE! The footage does not depict any incident at or near the university. A reverse image search using InVID WeVerify and Google reverse traced the video to Tse Addo, Accra, where severe flooding occurred on June 29, 2026. A lecturer at UPSA also confirmed that no such flooding took place on campus or in its immediate surroundings.
Full Text
A video showing several cars partially submerged in brown floodwaters, filmed from an elevated position overlooking what appears to be a residential compound, was posted on Facebook by several accounts with claims linking the incident to the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA). The posts had generated multiple reactions from the various pages at the time of this investigation.
Heavy rains that began late on Sunday, June 28, 2026, and continued into the morning of Monday, June 29, 2026, caused widespread flooding across parts of Accra, submerging major roads and severely disrupting traffic flow during peak hours.
Videos and reports circulating on social media showed several communities submerged after the prolonged downpour, with some stranded residents appealing for rescue teams. The Ghana Armed Forces deployed personnel to several flood-prone areas in Accra under an intervention codenamed Operation Boafo, with troops stationed at strategic locations including Klagon, Tse Addo, Dzowulu, and surrounding communities.
It was against this backdrop that the video shared by the multiple content creators began circulating.
Given the potential of the video to mislead and create panic, especially among the university community, DUBAWA decided to investigate.
Verification
DUBAWA used InVID WeVerify to break the video into 16 keyframes and ran a reverse image search on Google, which attributed the footage to Tse Addo, Accra.
The search matched the images to June 29, 2026 flood reports published, both of which reported submerged vehicles at a residential compound in Tse Addo and confirmed that the Ghana Armed Forces and Ghana Police Service had been deployed to the area for rescue operations.
DUBAWA also reached out to Theodore Efo Korku Mawutor, a lecturer at UPSA for confirmation.
“Nope, I went there to teach today; nothing of the sort,” Theodore said, ruling out any flooding of that nature on campus or in its immediate surroundings.
Conclusion
The claim that the viral video shows flooding around UPSA is false. Keyframe analysis using InVID WeVerify and a Google reverse image search traced the footage to Tse Addo, Accra, where severe flooding was recorded on June 29, 2026.
A lecturer at UPSA further confirmed that no such incident occurred on or near the university campus. The video has been misattributed.
