Mahama’s killing: We’re healing our painful memories – Family

The family of the slain soldier, Major Maxwell Adam Mahama says they are snapping out of their misery and healing gradually with the painful death of the late Army Officer.

According to them, the agony that filled their hearts with the shock of the death of Major Mahama, in the beginning, is easing as the days go by.

“Things have improved greatly, if I look at what they were all going through at the beginning and our state of composure at the end of it, I’ll say it’s improved and we know that such losses you can never forget but with time you can get a bit more composed to let life continue,” Spokesperson for the family of the late Major Mahama, Zakaria Salaka told Kasapa 102.5 FM Monday.

A Thanksgiving service was held in honour of the late Soldier at the Light House Chapel International, Qodesh, North Kaneshie-Accra on Sunday 11th June, 2017.

In attendance were the Senior Minister; Yaw Osafo Marfo, the Defence Minister; Dominic Nitiwul, Chief of Defence Staff; Major General Obed Akwa, General Commanding Officer (GCO) of the Southern Command of the Ghana Armed Forces; Brigadier General Thomas Oppong Peprah, family members, representatives of the Ghana Armed Forces as well as members of the public.

Major Maxwell Adam Mahama was on Friday, June 9 buried at the Military Cemetery after a burial service was held at the forecourt of the State House in Accra.

Meanwhile, the family announced that final funeral rites will be held at Bole from, 13th – 15th June 2017 and Tumu from 16th – 18th June 2017 respectively.

“As we all know the Gonja custom demands that where ever you die, you should be taken home. So today some members of the party are taking the funeral to Bole on Thursday on the 15th of June, the funeral will be performed according to Gonja customs.”

“On Saturday, we’ll continue because Major’s family tree extends to Tumu. The funeral will be performed at Tumu also according to the Sissala customs and then we will get back to Accra.

“Off course when we come back, we intend to call another Press conference to summarize to everyone what has happened and to look at the way forward especially in terms of what we as a family we are looking at the investigations, and the monument we asked to be erected in memory of Major Maxwell Mahama and our intention that this should serve as a memory to all Ghanaians that never again should such a thing happen to anybody.

So we need to look at the way forward, how do we achieve this, how do we go about conscientizing the Ghanaian public that this should not happen again.”