'My knees gave way after news of my son's lynching' - Mahama's dad

Captain Chubby Adam Mahama (rtd), father of the army captain who was lynched recently, has said he was so distraught when he received the news of his son’s death.

Captain Maxwell A. Mahama was lynched on suspicion that he was an armed robber, after a group of residents from whom he asked for directions during a Monday May 29 dawn jogging session spotted a pistol on him.

He was the commander of a military detachment to Denkyira Obuasi in the Central Region for a mission sanctioned by the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF).

Recounting his reaction when he was informed about the death of his son, Capt Mahama (rtd) said: “I got a call from one major that I should come quickly and manage the wife [of Maxwell] because she was alone in the house and he [the informant] had seen pictures of my son on social media and he went to the house [of Maxwell] and was able to collect the lady’s phone from her and quickly change the channels on the television.

“I just dropped to the ground, I lost my feet. I don’t know, my knees went out of me and I was on the floor. I had to mobilise and be the man that I am and for the sake of the woman quickly mobilised and went off from Afienya and came in good time to meet the lady [daughter-in-law,” he said in an interview with Kojo Yankson on Joy FM's Super Morning Show.

Ghana Police Service has urged all individuals involved in the lynching of Captain Maxwell Mahama to turn themselves in.

Police have indicated that they are confident of a successful investigation to bring the perpetrators to book and warned “all persons who played roles in the murder to surrender to the nearest police station”.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Deputy Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sheilla Kessie Abayie-Buckman, which was released on Wednesday, May 31.

The statement explained that the assemblyman in the areas had been arrested together with five other suspects to aid investigations.

“Presently, police are keeping six suspects related to the murder of Captain Mahama in custody. They are William Baah (the assemblyman of Denkyira Obuasi), Bismark Donkor, Philip Badu, Kofi Nyame, Anthony Amoah, and Kofi Badu,” the release indicated.

It further explained that the police administration had dispatched a specialist team comprising the homicide squad, crime scene management, and action units from the headquarters in Accra to Denkyira Obuasi “to, among others, gather further evidence and intelligence regarding the murder of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama on Monday 29th May, 2017”.

Meanwhile, the Inspector General of Police, David Asante Apeatu, has expressed condolence to the bereaved family.