Akwa, has begged aggrieved soldiers to
remain calm in the wake of the
gruesome killing of one of their
colleagues, Captain Maxwell Adam
Mahama.
The disgruntled soldiers aired their
frustrations during a meeting with the
military top brass at the army’s
headquarters at Burma Camp in Accra.
Most of them said they were unhappy
that the police was in charge of
investigations into the lynching of a top
soldier when the army also has the
military police who could expedite action
on the issue.
“ I appeal to you to let us
stand firm to prove to the
whole world that we are truly
a professional military
force.” ”
“We have military police. It is not in
every instance that we allow the civilian
police to be telling us about evidence.
What more evidence do you want from
this?” one officer asked.
“The Ghana Armed Forces has the
military police. We can handle our
things. It is not everything that you take
to the civil police,” he stressed.
But the army chief in response to his
men said, “I appeal to you to let us
stand firm to prove to the whole world
that we are truly a professional military
force.”
He asked the officers to take consolation
from assurances by the president
(Commander-in-chief of the Armed
Forces) that all persons complicit in the
death of Captain Mahama will be held
accountable.
The Captain who had been detailed to
lead a military team in the fight illegal
mining in the country’s Central Region,
was lynched by a mob who mistook him
for an armed robber. His body was
subsequently burnt by the mob.
The police who are in charge of the case
have since reported the arrest of seven
people as at Thursday June 1. A court
has remanded the suspects in prison
custody to appear at a later date.
Ghanaians have been expressing outrage
at the incident especially on social
media.
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