One more person has been arrested at Domenase Ojobi, near Kasoa in the Central Region, in connection with the gruesome murder of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama. This brings to 14, the number of suspects arrested so far.
Thirty-year-old Charles Akwasi Buah, who was seeking refuge at his wife’s home was arrested Friday dawn, and currently being held by the Kasoa Divisional Police Command.
Police sources say the seven new arrest in Techiman in the Brong Ahafo Region, Asankragua in the Western Region and Domenasi in the Central Region are to be taken to the Police Headquarters in Accra.
Captain Mahama, a member of the 5th Infantry of the Ghana Armed Forces, who was on official duty at Denkyira-Obuasi was lynched and a part of his body burnt Monday by some residents who suspected him to be an armed robber.
He was jogging at about 8:30am when the incident happened.
His body was filled with marks of assault including multiple deep cut wounds on the head and a partially burnt body, the Police have said.
A swoop in the town Tuesday by a team of Police and military personnel led to the rounding up of a total of 166 people made up of 80 women and 86 men. They screened after which five of them were arrested.
Two others, including the assembly member, later turned themselves in to the Police Wednesday evening.
7 preliminary charged with murderThe seven were consequently arraigned on preliminary charge of murder at the Circuit Court in Cape Coast Thursday and were remanded until June 15 to allow investigators conclude their investigations into the incident.
The Police were compelled to take the suspects to court due to the constitutionally mandated provision which requires that a person arrested is put before court within 48-hours.
The seven, included an assembly member who is said to be the mastermind of the mob action.
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