On Monday, May 29th 2017, Ghana was thrown into a state of shock and sadness after a military official, Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama, was lynched by inhabitants of Denkyira-Obuasi on unusual suspicions of being an armed robber. Though details of what triggered the lynching are still sketchy, it is believed that the Captain had gone … Read more
Women are naturally loving and tender at heart, but the same can not be said for Felicia Sarbah, Perpetual Owusu, Yaa Asor, Efia Manu, Vivian Asaahene and Anna Gyimah, six of the 34 suspects who are alleged to have taken part in the lynching and murder of Captain Maxwell Mahama. One of the six women is said to be a nursing mother.
They were arraigned before an Accra Central Magistrate court presided over by Ebenezer Kweku Ansah,and charged with conspiracy to commit murder.
The death of Captain Maxwell Mahama continues to make headlines–with the latest being that about 14 suspects have been arrested by the police.
GhanaCelebrities.Com has chanced on a leaked WhatsApp conversation of the 2001 AIS group where Maxwell Mahama was a member.
And he told his friends he will return alive–clearly indicating that he was aware of the risk ahead.
Check out the screenshots below…
Ghanaians started the week with outrage, shock and gloomy following the lynching of a young military man, Captain Maxwell Mahama, a husband and a father at Denkyire-Obusia in the Central Region.
To some of us, though his dead is undeniably gruesome and the circulating videos capture the viciousness of some Ghanaians, it has made headlines and shaken the foundation of concern because he’s a “respectable young military man” said to be innocent—as mob justice for so many years has somewhat become part of the Ghanaian culture of justice.
In a previous article which highlights the prevalence of this barbarism in Ghana, I wrote;
“For many years, some of us have been fighting and writing against this notion of mob justice on the back of the logic that even if someone has committed a crime, it’s not in the place of a mob or any person to serve him or her with any punishment but the court.
Former president of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama has made a promise to take up the responsibility of supporting and nurturing the children left behind by the late Captain Maxwell Mahama. Captain Maxwell Mahama was lynched at Denkyira Boase in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central region by residents on suspicion of being an … Read more
Following the death of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama, a military officer with the 5th Infantry Battalion (5BN) at Burma Camp in Accra but on detachment duties at Denkyira Boase in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central region who was lynched by residents on suspicion of being an armed robber, Captain Rtd Nkrabea Effah-Dartey has said on Okay FM’s morning Show ‘Ade Akye Abia’ that it is very difficult to know exactly what happened on that day.
He said, “I am sure he never expected anything like that happening when he was going for the jogging but because he is an Infantry soldier, he decided to pick his weapon for the jogging for any eventualities,”
See how Ghanaians all come out fine fine dey condemn the lynching of the army officer – you would think there isn’t a single bad nut in the country.
It’s like I keep saying, everyone you talk to admits corruption is bad and killing the country, yet we still have corruption seeping through every fibre of the country – if everyone thinks corruption is bad, why is there so much corruption? (you can extrapolate this to indiscipline, tardiness or any other negative attribute we exhibit in Ghana)
The truth is a lot of us support mob justice in certain instances, when it affects the ‘other’ we also hate. It can be an armed robber, a thief, or even a homosexual. God knows many Ghanaians wouldn’t bat an eye, indeed would probably encourage, lynching of a gay person. (Many have actively encouraged it in online interaction).
Former president John Dramani Mahama has expressed his regrets and condolences to the family of Captain Maxwell Mahama who was lynched and burnt by some angry youth in Diaso a town in the Central Region where he was deployed to serve at. The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday morning when Capt. Maxwell Mahama was on his routine jogging exercise.
President Mahama took to twitter to offer his condolence to the wife and family of the army captain. He tweeted, ““My heart goes out to my brother, Capt. Chubby Adam Mahama (Rtd.) on the murder of his son, Capt. Maxwell Mahama. #RestinPeaceMaxwell.”
“And my condolences to the wife of Capt. Maxwell Mahama, his young children & to his mother on the loss of her only son. #RestinPeaceMaxwell.”
Before launching my drones, targeting the heads of Ghanaians, let me send my condolence to the family of Captain Maxwell Mahama, the military man who was beaten and killed when he was mistaken for an armed robber.
But why is anyone shocked? Because he wears a military uniform, he’s more of a human being than the many that we’ve seen their cases without social media blinking?
Let me repeat my slogan; the Ghanaian society is deeply sick—and it’s a contemporary representation of Thomas Hobbes’ state of nature.
For many years, some of us have been fighting and writing against this notion of mob justice on the back of the logic that even if someone has committed a crime, it’s not in the place of a mob or any person to serve him or her with any punishment but the court.
I for one know the dangers of this cruel and unrestrained justice system—one day, someone deemed completely innocent, much loved or respected would be caught in the fire.
Over the years, I’ve read several arguments, albeit fundamentally absurd from “intelligent” Ghanaians, claiming that the mob should continue to deal with armed robbers, thieves and those who are caught committing crimes in a whatever manner.
