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Former President John Dramani Mahama has cautioned Ghanaians against the administration of instant justice on people by the public.

The former President advised the public to hand over suspects and culprits of crimes and violence to the appropriate institutions of law to allow the country's laws to take its full course on them.

He made this remark when he paid a visit to the family of the late Military Captain, Maxwell Mahama, at Burma camp earlier Thursday, June 1, 2017.

Former President John Mahama expressed disgust over the murder of the late Military Captain, saying "this is a tragedy that nobody expects at a time like this. Maxwell was a very fine officer, very respected in the Army and he had a very bright career ahead of him. And unfortunately, I mean, to die this way is totally unacceptable. The Military, an institution, that sacrifice a lot to defend us and for those who are to defend us to become the victims, you know, of ourselves for us to inflict death on them is unacceptable completely. And I want to express my condolences to his family, to the Ghana Army – Ghana Armed Forces – for this loss of such a fine officer. I’m a part of this family. Maxwell is my nephew and I feel very sad at what has happened”.

He called on the Police Service to ensure that the perpetrators face prosecution to serve as deterrent to the other Ghanaians "but if the perpetrators get away with this, then the impunity will continue. And the question I ask myself is how many more innocent people haven’t died through this kind of barbaric gestures? It’s never been our culture to kill humans in this wicked way and I believe that everything should be done to stamp it out. If even the person is an armed robber, he doesn’t deserve to die like this. Hand him over to the law and let the law deal with him”.