The Minister of Defence, Mr Dominic Nitiwul has said the lynched Captain Maxwell Mahama shot and wounded one attacker in an attempt to defend his himself, when he came under attack at Denkyira Obuasi and Monday.
“What I can confirm to you is that he wounded somebody by shooting him in an attempt to defend himself," the Defence Minister said in a radio interview.
Sunseqently, he expressed the hope that the injured person, if quizzed, can provide a good lead for investigators.
The late Captain Mahama, leader of the platoon detailed to a mining company at Denkyira-Obuasi, was about to be promoted to a ‘Major’ after he successfully sat his examinations a few weeks ago, Mr Nitiwul revealed.
Speaking in a radio interview on Joy FM Tuesday morning, Mr Nitiwul said the late officer was posted to the area about three weeks ago to relieve the Commander of the military personnel who were guarding a local mining company. The Platoon Commander had come to Accra to sit for an examination.
Captain Mahama of the 5 Battalion of Infantry was lynched by locals when he went for a morning jogging Monday morning. He was allegedly stoned and burnt by the locals who mistook him for an armed robber.
“This is a very serious matter for us in the military…To lose just one single life is a very big thing to us and to lose one soldier is something that we take very seriously,” the Minister said.
Mr Nitiwul said Maxwell’s father, a retired army officer, Twumbi Mahama is ravaged by the news of his son’s death. The Minister believes there is more to the story than meets the eye.
An uncle of the deceased, Prof. Fred Bagonluri also said the late “Maxwell lived and breathed the Ghana Armed Forces”.
He recounted how his nephew discussed with him a few weeks ago, his plans to further his education at the post-graduate level.
“He wasn’t just a soldier, he was a scholar,” the Uncle also said in the Joy FM interview.
Prof. Bagonluri wondered why a group of citizens would commit such heinous crime by taking the life of another citizen who has sworn to defend the country with his life.
“A man who decides to serve his nation has to die in war not to be killed by the people he swore to defend…If he has to die this way then it challenges my citizenship,” he said.
He prayed that justice would be served.
Source: Graphic Online
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OPEN LETTER TO THOSE SALVAGE, PRIMITIVE AND ***barred word*** AND CALLOUS PEOPLE OF DENKYERA WHO KILLED THE INNOCENT ARMY OFFICE, yes, it is only beast and salvage people who will kill human being and those ***barred word*** beast in DENKYERA WHO KILLED INNOCENT SOLDIER WILL HAVE TO BE ARRESTED TRIED and SENTENCE ONE HUNDRED YEARS for the world to see, this ,justice be done immediately and now, , the act is in human, barbaric, salvage and no civilized persons will do that ,only primitive and social misfit will do that, the whole ghana condemn this beastly act and we call on all the world to condemn this ***barred word*** act and the perpetrators of this ungodly act should be arrested and tried as soon as possible and jail them ,every one involved in this ***barred word*** act should be brought to book and jail as soon as possible, which rational people. intelligent people will kill and innocent soldier defending his country, this is unacceptable and must be condemn by the whole world, this criminal act must be dealt with and all who took part must be punished very well , may the soul of the innocent soldier rest in people, the army must exercise patient as we people of ghana will see that justice is done , from concern people of ghana,
This case is sad, we are all not happy with instant justices in this country, but l beg to differ from the Prof uncle of the diseased. To say that his death "challenges my citizenship,” presupposes that there is no case to look into in this matter. Let's all learn, no matter how learned we are, to allow issue like these to come to their logical conclusions before we make judgements.
Why on earth should soldiers be deployed to protect mining sites???? This story does not sound right.