{"id":342980,"date":"2017-08-07T19:45:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T19:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=342980"},"modified":"2017-08-07T19:45:51","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T19:45:51","slug":"nana-addo-visits-denkyira-obuasi-pays-respects-to-maj-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/nana-addo-visits-denkyira-obuasi-pays-respects-to-maj-mahama\/","title":{"rendered":"Nana Addo visits Denkyira Obuasi; pays respects to Major Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Nana Akufo-Addo paid his respects at the site of Major\u00a0Maxwell\u00a0Mahama&#8217;s death when he visited Denkyira Obuasi on Monday as part of his tour of the Western Region.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the people of the town, he assured that perpetrators of the killing of the army officer will be dealt with by the law.\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-342985\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Nana-Addo-at-Denkyra-Obuasi-3.jpg\" alt=\"nana-addo-at-denkyra-obuasi-3\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-342981\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Nana-Addo-at-Denkyra-Obuasi-5.jpg\" alt=\"nana-addo-at-denkyra-obuasi-5\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Major Mahama, an officer of the 5th Infantry Battalion, was said to have been on his daily jogging route on May 29, 2017, some residents of the town <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/30\/soldier-mistakenly-lynched-and-burnt-at-diaso\/\">attacked and lynched<\/a><\/strong><\/span> on suspicion of being an armed robber.<\/p>\n<p>Over 50 suspects, some of whom had fled the town to other regions in the country, were later arrested in connection with the killing.<\/p>\n<p>The late army officer was <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/09\/tears-flow-at-major-mahamas-funeral-photos\/\">laid to rest<\/a><\/strong><\/span> on June 9, 2017, with full State and army honors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-342986 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Nana-Addo-at-Denkyra-Obuasi-4.jpg\" alt=\"nana-addo-at-denkyra-obuasi-4\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-342982\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Nana-Addo-at-Denkyra-Obuasi-6.jpg\" alt=\"nana-addo-at-denkyra-obuasi-6\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The town of Denkyira-Obuasi came to gain some degree of infamy following the killing, with many noting the town as having a history of violence.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the unfortunate incident, the President said life must go on. He assured the people of the town that they had not been forgotten by government and were going to benefit from government initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, expressed sadness that such a gruesome act happened during his presidency and urged Ghanaians to learn from it and not tarnish the hard earned image of Ghana to the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGhana is a peaceful country and we should not do things that would bring the name of Ghana into disrepute. We are not like some other countries where after elections, we hear all sorts of bad news. So this should be the last time that such an incident should happen in this country,\u201d President Akufo-Addo said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-342983\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Nana-Addo-at-Denkyra-Obuasi-1.jpg\" alt=\"nana-addo-at-denkyra-obuasi-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the visit, the acting paramount chief of Denkyira, Nana Agyei Nkyere II announced that the town had changed its name to New Obuasi and must be called as such henceforth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Obrempong Yaw Ampofo\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Nana Akufo-Addo paid his respects at the site of Major\u00a0Maxwell\u00a0Mahama&#8217;s death when he visited Denkyira Obuasi on Monday as part of his tour of the Western Region. Speaking to the people of the town, he assured that perpetrators of the killing of the army officer will be dealt with by the law.\u00a0\u00a0 Major Mahama, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":342984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[9969,3,760,156],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nana Addo visits Denkyira Obuasi; pays respects to Major Mahama - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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