I'll die if I watch the terrible video of my son's murder – Major Mahama's father

General News on Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Source: 3news.com

2019-05-28

aptain (ret) Dennis Mahama, father of the late Major Maxwell Mahama, revealed that he had not been able to muster up his courage to watch the viral videos of the May 29, 2017 incident that showed that his son was being pursued, lynched and burned begged for his life. Commander Mahama was murdered in cold blood and his body was partially set on fire by an alleged mob of "galamseyers" who filmed the macabre act in its entirety on their cellphone.

"I pray that I will not see this video," he whispered, adding, "If I see this video, I'm going to die."

In a philosophical phrase, the former army officer who could not hold back his tears during an interview with TV3, said he would forgive the killers of his son when his tears came will be wiped.

He encouraged those asking for forgiveness to direct their call to God who created Major Maxwell Mahama instead.

Captain Mahama is reminded of the last conversation he had with his late son, who asked him to supervise a two-bedroom house that he occupied.

"I have never heard of my son again," he said, wiping tears from the corner of his left eye.

He let out a deep breath and as his lips vibrated, he gathered his courage to continue the interview.

He denied reports in the media that his son was engaged in Galamsey.

Captain Mahama reiterated that Major Mahama had been sent to Denkyira Obuasi for anti-galamasey operations to pick up an officer doing promotional exams.

For him, even if the closing of the trial is not over yet, the family has confidence in the justice system to bring the guilty parties to lawsuits.

He expressed his disappointment, however, that only 14 people were tried while a large number of people participated in the act.

He said that five shots had pbaded through his son's body, demanding the arrest of people who had shot, taken possession of his mobile phone, taken kerosene and lit his body.

"I would be happy to see at least 150 people identified as having contributed to the badbadination of this innocent soul," he said.

No lessons learned

He was surprised that Ghanaians had learned nothing from the tragic death of his son.

He said it's unfortunate that what happened to Major Maxwell Mahama is still perpetrated in the country two years later.

"Unfortunately, we did not learn anything and it did not sting our senses," he said.

The late Major Mahama, commander of the 5th Armed Forces Infantry Regiment of Ghana, was lynched in Denkyira-Obuasi, central region, on May 29, 2017, when some locals mistook him for an armed robber. .

Part of his body was on fire. His body was found filled with marks of aggression, including multiple deep wounds to the head, police said.

His badbadination rekindled the call for an end to the instant popular justice that was spreading across the country and resulted in the deaths of many people.

Major Mahama was buried in a state and the government decided to take care of his wife and two children with the creation of the Major Mahama Trust Fund, which is currently before Parliament.

In November 2017, Defense Minister Dominic Nitiwul justified the various interventions put in place for the well-being of the family of the late soldier by stating that "at that time, it was the most sensible thing to do. "

He explained that the government was doing all these things "because the anger of the people, the wrath of the army, the anger of the civilian population, the anger of the clergy, [and] civil society was such that the government had to do it. "

Trial

Fourteen people, including William Baah, the meeting leader of Denkyira Obuasi, are currently being tried by a high court in Accra for the killing of Commander Mahama.