Fresh revelations suggest there was sufficient intelligence pointing to a pre-meditated attempt to kill the leader of a military detachment stationed in Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central region.
According to late afternoon political talk show host Kwadwo Asare Baffour Acheampong (KABA), sources within the military have provided fresh information which goes against the official narrative that the killing of the 31-year-old Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama was a case of mob justice.
The plot to kill was there, KABA said on Asempa FM Monday. Weeks before the tragedy, four soldiers were nearly killed in the Denkyira-Obuasi community in the Central region.
KABA revealed that Captain Maxwell Mahama had been stationed at the illegal mining hub as a platoon commander for a detachment sent there to help fight illegal mining, the cause of severe environmental degradation. From January to March, the Captain stayed in Denkyira-Obuasi but came down to Accra to write an exam that would earn him a promotion to Major.
Whiles away, a lieutenant was sent there to stand in for the student Captain.
As part of the fight against illegal mining, the lieutenant led a raid on some mining pits and seized equipment which was later transported to Takoradi in the Western region.
Deprived of their equipment for mining, the miners were reportedly enraged at the lieutenant for the raid. According to KABA, the miners under the guise of making peace with the lieutenant invited him for a meeting.
But the solider turned down the invitation to personally meet these unnamed persons and delegated junior ranks to attend.
The four soldiers whose name he withheld, are all Warrant Officers.
They barely left the peace talks in one piece. The soldiers were beaten and only managed to escape using a truck as the miners watched them speed off in rage.
Back to base, the soldiers were queried by superiors for attending a meeting outside their base. The lieutenant apparently denied authorising their departure for the said meeting.
Without approval, the four WOs were sent to the guard room in Accra as part of disciplinary measures.
Captain Maxwell Mahama after finishing his exams relieved the lieutenant of his duties and resumed work. No one told him of the past deadly aggression faced by the four soldiers, KABA said.
This lack of intelligence sharing proved fatal as the 'naive' Captain walked into a trap set by the miners who once again called for a meeting.
That meeting was his lynching.
Assisted by other townfolks, the Captain was attacked with stones, blocks, sticks until he died at about 10:30am Monday.
According to KABA, the military are aware of this account and are investigating this twist.
The Captain has been promoted posthumously to Major by President Nana Akufo-Addo.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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I said it that man was killed by some thing on promotion and envy
I become confused when some people try to paint themselves as the world best learned. Haven't they in one way or the other make petty mistakes? Arrbah! Ghana.
@Bomber,Ahh folks this is one of the problems we have on our hands as a country.we normally dwell on trivial mistakes (grammar,etc) in stories and information s but not the import of the stories or the informations so it is difficult for the one seeking to get it from proper informant.
@Ahh: Thank you very much for saying exactly what is on my heart. Some Ghanaians are too knowing too much. Even BBC news on-line sometimes makes spellings, punctuation and other grammatical errors for people to correct them at their comment section. We love to use unimportant issues to prove to others that we are better than them. The story is twi brofo full of mistakes and so what? Didn't you understand the information the writer wanted to put across at the end of the day? Are you WAEC examiners or heads of English department at Cambridge and Oxford University? It is so annoying.
People can complain. Go and create your own websites and put your correct english stories there and read them.
this is critical thinking, you just need a puzzle to determine the truth. In Ghana lies becomes the truth and vise versa. give this case to FBI, the whole truth will come out so that we can learn from it. my question is whose small scale mining was the good Innocent officer protecting?
It's obvious you read the story on myjoyonline.. Sad affair. Rest In Peace Maxwell
Now, I'm very disappointed. If this story is true, then how come he went alone??? Are soldiers supposed to go into such negotiations alone or was it sheer bravado??? Well, whatever the real story, there's no need crying over spilt milk. May his soul Rest In Peace.
Please check your spellings and punctuations. Thank you.
However you present it, I still feel this story including the police report doesn't add up, and to be honest, this report makes it worse. In a nutshell, the question remain unanswered, did the captain, now major know that the area he was jogging to was the enemy's territory? I guess he knew, and the more reason why he had a gun on him. The people perhaps outnumbered his expectation. All the same, may his soul rest in peace.