{"id":326705,"date":"2017-06-09T08:50:48","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T08:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=326705"},"modified":"2017-06-09T08:50:48","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T08:50:48","slug":"kufuor-others-pay-last-respects-to-maj-mahama-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=326705","title":{"rendered":"Kufuor, others pay last respects to Maj. Mahama [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Major Maxwell Mahama will be laid to rest later on Friday at the Osu Military Cemetary, after the burial service at the Forecourt of the State House.<\/p>\n<p>Mourners have filed past Major Mahama&#8217;s casket ahead of the state burial, where he is expected to be given full military honours.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Major-Maxwell-Mahamas-funeral-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-326715\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Major-Maxwell-Mahamas-funeral-4.jpg\" alt=\"major-maxwell-mahamas-funeral-4\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Major-Maxwell-Mahamas-funeral-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-326711\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Major-Maxwell-Mahamas-funeral-8.jpg\" alt=\"major-maxwell-mahamas-funeral-8\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Major-Maxwell-Mahamas-funeral-10-Kufuor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-326724\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Major-Maxwell-Mahamas-funeral-10-Kufuor.jpg\" alt=\"major-maxwell-mahamas-funeral-10-kufuor\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dignitaries are filtering in, with Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia, former Presidents John Mahama and John Kufuor present to pay their respects, along with a number of Members of Parliament and other State Officials.<a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Major-Maxwell-Mahamas-funeral-15-John-Mahama.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-326723\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Major-Maxwell-Mahamas-funeral-15-John-Mahama.jpg\" alt=\"major-maxwell-mahamas-funeral-15-john-mahama\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Major Mahama is being granted a State Funeral after his\u00a0gruesome lynching by some youth of Denkyria-Obuasi in the Central Region shocked the nation.\u00a0The youth mistook him for a robber.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Major-Maxwell-Mahamas-funeral-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-326712\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Major-Maxwell-Mahamas-funeral-9.jpg\" alt=\"major-maxwell-mahamas-funeral-9\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Major-Maxwell-Mahamas-funeral-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-326710\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Major-Maxwell-Mahamas-funeral-7.jpg\" alt=\"major-maxwell-mahamas-funeral-7\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Major-Maxwell-Mahamas-funeral-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-326713\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Major-Maxwell-Mahamas-funeral-2.jpg\" alt=\"major-maxwell-mahamas-funeral-2\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Major Mahama was in Denkyria-Obuasi on anti-galamsey mission with other soldiers. It his hoped\u00a0that his death would\u00a0act as a turning point in Ghana;s history\u00a0with mob justice which\u00a0has been ingrained in certain sections of society nationwide.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Major-Maxwell-Mahamas-funeral-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-326709\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Major-Maxwell-Mahamas-funeral-6.jpg\" alt=\"major-maxwell-mahamas-funeral-6\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Major-Maxwell-Mahamas-funeral-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-326708\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Major-Maxwell-Mahamas-funeral-5.jpg\" alt=\"major-maxwell-mahamas-funeral-5\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The filing past will be followed by a procession to Osu Military Cemetery for the interment. A Thanksgiving service will be held at Light House Chapel International, Qodesh, North Kaneshie-Accra on Sunday, June 11.<\/p>\n<p>His final funeral rites will be held at Bole from 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0to 15<sup>th<\/sup> June 2017 and Tumu from 16<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0to 18<sup>th<\/sup> June 2017 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Photos: Godwin Allotey<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major Maxwell Mahama will be laid to rest later on Friday at the Osu Military Cemetary, after the burial service at the Forecourt of the State House. Mourners have filed past Major Mahama&#8217;s casket ahead of the state burial, where he is expected to be given full military honours. 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