{"id":323891,"date":"2017-05-30T21:08:04","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T21:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=323891"},"modified":"2017-05-30T21:08:04","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T21:08:04","slug":"5-arrested-over-capt-mahamas-gruesome-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/5-arrested-over-capt-mahamas-gruesome-killing\/","title":{"rendered":"5 arrested over Capt. Mahama\u2019s gruesome killing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Central Regional Police Command has arrested five persons suspected to have taken part in the\u00a0tragic killing of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama at Diaso, a town near Denkyira-Obuasi.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the arrest to <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, the Central Regional Minister, Kwamena Duncan, said\u00a0police acted on some leads after investigations in the town on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;rEbEJnGYacU45M0KEoitrI8To4Bjk1k9&#8243;]&#8221;We went there and got to know of the full circumstances surrounding the incident\u2026\u00a0A number of them were arrested but they did screenings to zone in the ones that were likely to have been connected to the incident. They have now been brought to the regional police command,\u201d Mr. Duncan revealed.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, investigations are continuing as the police look to build a case to unravel the murder of the Captain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Five of them after the screening have been brought to the regional police command in Cape Coast for further investigation, and when a\u00a0good case is built, it will be referred to the Attorney General\u2019s department for the necessary legal advice,\u201d the Minister noted.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_323633\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323633\" style=\"width: 719px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Captain-Maxwell-Adams-Mahama-e1496155543625.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-323633\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Captain-Maxwell-Adams-Mahama-e1496155543625.jpg\" alt=\"Captain Maxwell Mahama\" width=\"719\" height=\"485\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-323633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Captain Maxwell Mahama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Capt.\u00a0Mahama\u00a0was an officer of the 5th Infantry Battalion, and was said to have been on his daily jogging routine on Monday <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"https:\/\/contextly.com\/redirect\/?id=icjpvAbI1L:323727:2934:13:::sidebar:592d84c03840f1-10307654\">when he was lynched<\/a><\/strong><\/span> by some residents of Diaso. He had been deployed there as part of some anti-illegal mining operation.<\/p>\n<p>The residents claimed Captain Mahama was a robber as\u00a0he was in mufti at the time. Reports said he was armed with a gun while jogging, and residents who saw him with the gun raised an alarm, attracting some of the youth in the community who attacked and killed him.<\/p>\n<p>There has been an outpouring of emotion since the news of the murder came to light, and various groups, including the Minority in Parliament and\u00a0former President Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, have called for swift action on the part of the government to find the killers of the army officer.<\/p>\n<p>President Nana Akufo-Addo has commented on the killing and indicated <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/30\/capt-mahamas-killers-will-not-go-free-nana-addo-vows\/\">his resolve<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to bring the perpetrators before the courts of law.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Central Regional Police Command has arrested five persons suspected to have taken part in the\u00a0tragic killing of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama at Diaso, a town near Denkyira-Obuasi. Confirming the arrest to Citi News, the Central Regional Minister, Kwamena Duncan, said\u00a0police acted on some leads after investigations in the town on Tuesday. 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