The assassination of Major Mahama did not learn anything – Haruna Iddrisu

General News on Thursday, May 30, 2019

Source: starrfm.com.gh

2019-05-30

Haruna Iddrisu, leader of the minority, said on Wednesday that Ghana had learned nothing from the barbaric murder of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama.

Captain Mahama, who was part of an anti-galamsey task force, was terribly lynched and burned to death by a mob while he was jogging early in the morning on May 29, 2017 in Denkyira-Obuasi, in the central region.

The crowd then claimed that they had mistaken for an armed robber because he was carrying a weapon.

The atrocious murder shocked the entire nation and led President Akufo-Addo to posthumously promote it to the major, offered him a state funeral and created a trust fund to take care of him. from his family and any other questions.

A huge monument was unveiled in Accra on Wednesday, immortalizing it.

Reflecting on Major Mahama's death two years after his badbadination, the minority leader lamented that Ghanaians did not learn anything about the killing of the soldier.

"I understand that a monument has been named in his honor. That's what we collectively asked for, "Iddrisu told reporters in Accra on Wednesday.

"But," he continued, "the rule of law and the sanctity and dignity of human life are still not respected. The country is still plagued by anarchy, there are still incidents of non-compliance with the rule of law and respect for legality, sometimes even caused by governmental authorities and government institutions. This remains very worrying. "

Iddrisu added: "The army is facing serious problems, and even Major Mahama, in a context of small-scale mining. We heard that the life of a Chinese woman was superior to the rule of law and $ 2 billion. worth more than the rule of law.

"So what lessons? If we now make public comments in order to compromise and grant this type of general amnesty to a person who is caught in the law. "

Nevertheless, he described the deceased major as "a courageous person and we all respected his sacrifice for his country, his dedication to public service and national, but we should do more as a country to apply the letter and the The spirit of the rule of law ".