The army captain lynched at Denkyira Obuasi in the Central Region after being mistaken for an armed robber, may have been murdered on purpose, new information available suggests.
Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama, a member of the 5th Battalion of Infantry who was the detachment commander of army troops on operational duties in the area, was attacked and killed by residents while jogging at about 8:30 am on Monday, May 29.
After the killing, the police revealed that a report was made by the assemblyman for the area, William Baah that a suspected armed robber which later turned out to be, Captain Mahama had been lynched.Â
According to the account of the assemblyman, he got a distress call from a market woman that a suspected robber had been spotted. He and two others, confronted the deceased who reportedly pulled a pistol on them. The Assemblyman says he took to his heels only to realise later that the “suspected robber†had been lynched.
But information emerging from some sources claim that Mr Baah himself may have organised the mob that lynched Captain Mahama, who was leading the military to enforce a ban on illegal mining in the area.
Reports suggest that the assemblyman owns an illegal mining concession and was against the activities of Captain Mahama and his troops.
A soldier on the scene who did not want to disclose his identity revealed that people of the town had meant to 'punish' him because of some illegal mining activities he stopped, when he got to the area as the Commander of the troops.
The people that killed him, according to the soldier, were trailing him as he went out on jogging
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