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Stop sharing horrible images of Captain Mahama – Family

The Family of the late Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama has advised the public to desist from circulating the horrid images of the deceased Soldier online. They say they’re appalled to see the public sharing the gory images of their son irrespective of the disturbing story behind his death. “I will like to appeal to all those that are distributing those ...

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Captain Mahama’s murder threatens Ghana’s democracy – GBA

The Ghana Bar Association has condemned outrightly the lynching and burning of a military Captain serving at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region by some youth. The Association says the act is an affront to the country’s democracy and must not be tolerated. The deceased, Captain Maxwell Mahama was attacked by some townfolks who claim it was because they suspected the ...

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Mahama lynching: Blame Akufo-Addo – NDC

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is to blame for the lynching of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said. “The NDC is laying blame for this heinous and callous lynching of Captain Mahama at the doorstep of President Akufo-Addo,” the party said in a statement. According to the party, Ghana has known no peace since ...

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Captain Mahama’s killers must not be spared – Kwasi Anning

Security analyst, Dr. Kwesi Anning has explained that the best legacy the state could bestow the late Army captain who was lynched in the Central Region on Monday is to arrest and prosecute persons who killed him immediately. Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama of the 5th Infantry Battalion was lynched at Denkyira-Obuasi after he was mistaken for an armed robber. The ...

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Gold has become a curse for Ghana – Ishmael Yamson

Ghana has not received the desired benefits from the mining of gold, Dr Ishmael Yamson, Chairman of Ishmael Yamson and Associates has observed. “We have been producing cocoa for how many years? We have been producing gold for how many years? Now, in fact, gold has become a curse because it is because of gold that all the galamsey and ...

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Offices of Geo Professional Services looted

The offices of Geo Professional Services Limited (GPS), a mining firm, at Tontokrom in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region has been ransacked with several items stolen. The action was carried out after the expatriate  managers of the company were arrested on the orders of the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, during his recent visit ...

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Ghanaians must stand up against mod justice – OccupyGhana

Pressure group, Occupyghana, has issued a statement condemning the lynching of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama by a mob in Denkyira Boase and has called on Ghanaians to stand against mod justice. According to the pressure group, the practice of mob justice is, unfortunately, a rather dark side of the country’s history and believes does not seem to want to go ...

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Lawlessness: We’re losing sense of culture – Christian Council

The General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. Dr. Kwabena Opuni Frimpong has bemoaned the increasing culture of violence being witnessed in the country following the change of government. According to him, “this emergence of culture of violence is a threat to good governance and public safety.” Speaking Wednesday May 31, 2017 on Morning Starr in the wake ...

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Mahama lynching: No one is safe in Ghana – Sly Mensah

A former National Democratic Congress MP Sylvester Mensah has decried the spiraling rate of lawlessness in Ghana since the change of government. Vigilante groups linked to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) have been on vandalism spree, seizing state properties and going on collision course with law enforcement agencies. There are pockets of violence in parts of the country as ...

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