Young Military Officer 'Mistaken' For Armed Robber Lynched And Burnt To Death By Mob In Ghana

A military officer with the (5BN) at Burma
Camp in Accra was on Monday, May 29th,
lynched by residents of Denkyira Boaso of
the Central region who mistook him for an
armed robber.



Captain Maxwell Mahama who is
commander of a military detachment in the
area was jogging along the Denkyira
Boaso-Diaso road when he asked some
women for direction. He was not in a
uniform.




The women reportedly called the Assembly
man who organized the youths of the town
to lynch him. They later burnt his body.



Meanwhile, Ghana Armed Forces have
commenced investigations into the murder.



The incident has sent heightened anxiety
within the town after the perpetrators of
the heinous crime realised the deceased
was a military man on official duty.



The Armed Forces in a statement signed by
the Director of Public Relations, Col. Aggrey-
Quarshie said a fact-finding team led by the
Chief of Army Staff is proceeding to the
area to gather more information about the
development.




"A high-powered fact-finding team
led by the Chief of the Army Staff is
proceeding to the scene of the
incident to ascertain the facts of the
case."




He said they were collaborating with the
police and other security agencies to bring
perpetrators to book.




“GAF is working closely with the
police and other security agencies to
unravel the full facts of the case.”
According to the Armed Forces, its “Initial
report indicates the officer was lynched by
locals of Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central
Region whilst he was jogging at about
08.30 am on Monday 29 May 2017, under
circumstances yet to be verified.”



"The officer was the detachment
commander of our troops on
operational duties in the general
area."



The Armed Forces has also urged its
personnel to remain calm as the due
procedure is taken to bring the
perpetrators to book.


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