{"id":325344,"date":"2017-06-05T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T06:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=325344"},"modified":"2017-06-05T06:00:43","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T06:00:43","slug":"family-of-capt-mahama-announces-official-donation-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/family-of-capt-mahama-announces-official-donation-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Family of Capt. Mahama announces official donation accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The family of slain military officer, Captain Maxwell Mahama, has said it has accepted a proposal from some organizations to create an endowment fund to receive generous contributions from Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p>The contributions are meant to support the upkeep of the bereaved family.<\/p>\n<p>Following the death of Captain Mahama, many watchers of social media have observed what appears to be the activities of fraudsters who claim to be receiving donations on behalf of the family.<\/p>\n<p>Some have taken to various social media platforms including Facebook and crowd funding platform, GoFundMe, to raise money supposedly on the authority of the family.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson for the family, Zakaria Sakara at a press conference on Saturday, said Ghanaians must beware of unauthorized individuals claiming to be receiving donations on behalf of the family.<\/p>\n<p>The following are official accounts announced by the family to receive donations from the public.<\/p>\n<p>Fidelity Bank<br \/>\nGHC Account No. 1300311201919<br \/>\nUSD Account No. \u00a01301311201917<br \/>\nMTN Mobile Money: +233557033299<\/p>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<p>Mobile money Number: 0277120111<br \/>\nName: Reach for Change<\/p>\n<p>Account Name: Databank Financial Services Ltd<br \/>\nAccount N0. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a06010148553<br \/>\nBank: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Zenith Bank<br \/>\nBranch: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Zenith Bank Head Office<br \/>\nPurpose: Maxwell Mahama Memorial Education Fund<\/p>\n<p>It also said donations can be made through <strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/Captain-Maxwell-Mahama-s-Family\">GoFundMe<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">or<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/support-for-lynched-captain-mahama\">here.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It said further details can be accessed via:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.captainmaxwellmahama.com\"><strong>www.captainmaxwellmahama.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The deceased, an officer of the 5<sup>th<\/sup> Infantry Battalion, was lynched and partly burnt by some youth of Denenkyira-Obuasi in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region on Monday, May 29, 2017, on suspicion that he was an armed robber.<\/p>\n<p>Over 20 suspects have so far been arrested by the police in connection with the murder, seven of which have already made an appearance in court and have been remanded to police custody until 19th June, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>His death has rekindled the debate on mob justice, and the need to end the canker.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Captain Mahama\u2019s family requests monument in his honour<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the family of the late Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama, has requested that a <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/02\/captain-mahamas-family-requests-monument-in-his-honour\/\">monument<\/a><\/strong><\/span> is built in honour of the army officer, whose murder shocked the country.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Mahama\u2019s family made the request known during a courtesy call by the leadership of Parliament, where it expressed the hope that this monument would serve as a reminder of the tragedy and a deterrent to the canker of mob justice in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The family of slain military officer, Captain Maxwell Mahama, has said it has accepted a proposal from some organizations to create an endowment fund to receive generous contributions from Ghanaians. 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