Don't Politicise Soldier's Lynching - Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama has called on Ghanaians to desist from reading politics into the lynching of Captain Maxwell A. Mahama.

This comes on the back of a statement issued by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Wednesday, saying President Nana Akufo-Addo must be held responsible for the young army officer’s death.

Mr Mahama, who is uncle to the deceased, paid a visit to the family house of Captain Maxwell A. Mahama in Accra on Thursday, June 1 as he shared words of condolence with the wife and other members of the bereaved family.

Mr Mahama described the death of the army officer as a “national tragedy” and called on the public to empathise with the family. He was accompanied by former Minister of Finance Prof Kwesi Botchway and former Defence Minister Dr Benjamin Kunbuor.

Meanwhile, seven persons suspected to be involved in the murder of the captain have been remanded in police custody.

The seven were arraigned Thursday morning at a Cape Coast Magistrate Court where police prosecutors, led by ASP Avornyo, prayed the court to remand the accused persons to reappear on Monday June 19 as thorough investigations into the gruesome murder continue.

Counsel for the accused, George Bernard Shaw, did not oppose the request by the prosecution.

Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama was lynched by irate youth of Denkyira Obuasi on suspicion that he was an armed robber after a group of people he asked for direction spotted a gun on him.

The seven suspects were arrested by a joint military and police taskforce deployed to the area on Tuesday to find the killers of the late captain.