The seven persons arrested in connection with the murder of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama were yesterday remanded into police custody by the Cape Coast District Court.
They are William Baah (an assembly member and teacher), aka Misery, 36; Yaw Annoh, 32, a mason; Bismark Donkor, 30, a farmer, and Kofi Badu, 29, a farmer.
The rest are Kofi Nyame, 29, a farmer; Philip Badu, 30, a prison assistant, and Anthony Amoah, alias Abortion, 23, an Okada operator, all residents of Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region.
The seven, who were in handcuffs and under heavy police escort, arrived at the court, presided over by Ms Rita Edusa, at 9 a.m.
They were charged provisionally with murder. Their pleas were not taken because the District Court is a committal court and not the trial court for murder.
Facts
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Hilarious Avornyo told the court that the deceased was a military officer with the 5th Battalion of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) who was heading a military detachment near Denkyira-Obuasi.
According to the prosecution, in the early hours of Monday, May 29, Captain Adam went jogging, and on reaching Denkyira-Obuasi, a false alarm was raised that he (the military officer) was an armed robber.
He said the youth, including the seven accused persons, attacked and lynched him.
The prosecutor said five of the accused were arrested last Tuesday, while Baah and Annoh tendered themselves in last Wednesday and were subsequently arrested and put before court yesterday.
The case has been adjourned to June 19, 2017 to enable the police to conduct further investigations.
Counsel for the accused, Mr George Bernard Shaw, told journalists that although the police had not completed their investigations, they were obliged to bring the suspects to court to satisfy the statutory rule of 48 hours.
Arrest
Meanwhile, the police have arrested five more suspects who crossed the Central Region to Asankragwa in the Western Region.
It is not clear whether or not they were connected with the crime, but, according to the police, the suspects were being sent to the Central Regional Police Headquarters for further interrogation.
In a related development, the police said they had found a dead body with a knife wound on him at the outskirts of Denkyira-Obuasi
A Voter’s ID card with the name Francis Bioh was found when a search was conducted on the dead body.
It was not clear what might have happened to him but the police gave an assurance that investigations were underway to find out the cause of death.
Source: graphic.com.gh
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When Dr. Nkrumah was asked about the corruption in his government he said that he believed that the only way to fight corruption is to create a strong public opinion against it. To this end, Akufo-Addo must ensure that kindergarten and primary school children across the country are taught anti-corruption poems and songs. An anti-corruption question must always appear in the BECE.
Stop being hypocrites! This is NOT the first time a mob action and wickedness have led to the death of innocent person. in this case he was a Capt., his name connected to fmr. President and sent by Ghana. During the P(NDC) time people forced managers out of office and they were hailed as cadres. People were aslo KIlled for borrowing money from the bank. What do we see and hear today? We call them corrupt officials and leave them. Let us go back to where we FELL and start walking again. Ghana ARISE! RIP Capt. Sorry family, wife and children
Me i suggests they kill all those suspect,including that evil mother in yellow,And in which constitution was it metion that when u catch a ***barred word*** you Lynch him death.His excellence president, please I plead for instant justice. RIP captain max
The Police should not delay at all with their investigations because the killers of the late Capt. did not delayed in killing him.
Please i want that witch, wicked, devil and heartless woman in yellow dress who set him ablaze arrested. wicked witch woman God will really punish you. My dear brother may your soul rest in perfect peace.
We don't CCTV cameras to show foot tags ,so if some one has us to get evidence why will the person suffer for helping ??? i remember a police crakedown on nigerians cafe guys somewhere in accra n someone were videoing that person was arrested among them, the same POLICE said the public should help them with informations , in this case HOW COULD I ....., WHAT A CRAZY WORLD ?
Please GH Police. Could it be possible that the Late Francis BIOH is the one who originated the circulating video recording that provides such useful evidence of who were involved in the Captain's murder, for which reason, he has been eliminated? Kindly check this angle too.