Why the lights went off Saturday night

Many parts of Ghana went into darkness Saturday night following a widespread power outage at about 9:30 pm. Areas affected included some parts of Accra, Kumasi, parts of the Volta Region and the Northern Region.

A source at the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo), said on Saturday night that the company had a disturbance on its main 330 kilo volts (KV) transmission line that affected most parts of the country.

As of 10:20 pm, power had been restored to Sogakope and the next to have light was Accra, then Kumasi and other places in that order.