Following the death of army captain Maxwell Adam Mahama, friends and sympathizers have come out to share fond memories of the commander of the military detachment to Upper Denkyira West District in the Central Region.
Captain Mahama was lynched and his body partially burnt on Monday, May 29 after what initial reports suggest was a case of mistaken identity. Residents of Denkyira-Obuasi thought he was an armed robber.
But questions have been raised why the army officer did not defend himself with a pistol in his possession.
Sharing fond memories of the late officer on TV3’s News 360 on Wednesday, May 31, Professor Ransford Gyampoh, who once lectured the deceased, said Captain Mahama had held a different view about modern-day soldiering.
“He’s told me before that modern-day soldiering doesn’t need you to be out there, very aggressive and all that,” the Senior Lecturer at the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana said. “You can still do your work and all that.”
He described his former student as “a very affable gentleman, very respectful, very caring and security-conscious.”
Prof Gyampoh advised the police to do diligent work in getting to the conclusion of ongoing investigations.
“The police must do a good job in ensuring that only those who perpetrated this crime are arrested,” he advised.
“They shouldn’t try to be seen to be working by just going to arrest people they know are innocent only for them to be sent to court and be freed.”
He shared fond memories how a missing vehicle of his was once tracked down and retrieved by the help of Captain Mahama and his colleagues.
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