FULL TEXT: Police on preliminary investigations of Capt. Mahama’s death

The Director-General of the Criminal Investigative Department (CID), DCOP Bright Oduro has given a vivid account of how Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama, a military commander was lynched with parts of his body burnt by some residents of Denkyira-Obuasi in the Upper West Denkyira.

Ghana was stunned by the gruesome murder of Captain Mahama of the 5 Battalion of Infantry who according to Defense Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, was due for promotion to the rank of a Major.

The attack has been roundly condemned by Ghanaians especially after videos in circulation on various social media platforms reveal how the soldier was killed by the locals.

Delivering a blow-by-blow account to the media on Friday, DCOP Bright Oduro said Captain Mahama, who was the Commander of a Military Detachment stationed at Diaso to check illegal mining activities, left the Detachment Base for jogging and stopped midway to buy snails. When he took money from his pocket to pay for the snails, the trader saw his pistol and later informed the assemblyman of Denkyira Obuasi of what she had seen.

According to the police, without verifying the identity of Captain Mahama, the assemblyman and armed townsfolk accosted the military officer, gave him a chase, shot at him, and eventually pounced on him using cement blocks, clubs, among others, until he died around 10am on Monday, two hours after he had started the jogging.