Former President Jerry John Rawlings has expressed condolences to the family and unit of the late Capt. Maxwell Mahama.
The Captain was lynched by a mob at Denkyira-Odumase in the Central Region Monday morning after the residents mistook him for an armed robber.
The deceased was jogging along the road when the mob attacked him and lynched him.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, May 30, 2017, the former President has called for calm and restraint as the security agencies investigate the unfortunate incident.
He called on the authorities to speed up prosecution of crimes.
Read full statement below:
RAWLINGS CONSOLES CAPT MAHAMA FAMILY, CALLS FOR SPEEDY PROSECUTION OF CRIMES
Former President Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has called for calm and restraint as the security agencies investigate the unfortunate lynching of a serving military officer at Denkyira-Obuasi.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the former President expressed his sincere condolences to the wife, family and the unit of the late Captain Maxwell Mahama for their unfortunate loss.
“Your loss is a loss to the whole country. Your husband, son and brother lost his life serving his country.”
Flt Lt Rawlings added, “Taking the law into our hands in the manner the perpetrators of the act did was an act of cruelty. However, I implore the affected institution to remain calm as the security agencies investigate the matter.
The former President added his voice to calls by many concerned Ghanaians over the lack of speedy investigation and prosecution of persons who perpetrate serious crimes such as armed robbery and murder.
“When the law does not seem to be giving people justice, such acts of cruelty resulting in the unfortunate loss of innocent life, is the end result. I call on the security agencies and the law courts to inspire confidence in the populace by acting swiftly and effectively when crimes are committed in our communities.
“The recent acts of violence in Somanya and Kumasi cannot be taken in isolation. They go to expose a weakness in the general response to crime,” former President Rawlings said.
Signed:
Kobina Andoh Amoakwa
(Communications Directorate)
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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The wages of sin is death and Max Mahama has paid the heavy price for the ills of our society ; to me this JJ Rawlings should SHUT his smely bad toxic sheet hole u!!! !!!because to me Ghana is an indecipline sociey and a GREEDY SOCIETY !!!!!!; today we have seen the evil trails of governanace that our past leaders including this JJ Rawlingsd sowed some years ago ; JJ Rawlings came in and eliminated innocent people on the alter of high moral grounds did his act change anything in Ghana NO !!!he rather received bribe money from Sanno Abacha of Nigeria ;but today profess himself to be an honest of moral standing in society ; this evil act od killing people was never known in Ghana until people learnt this evil act of killing from Nigeria ; nobody has done anything about this evil act of killing ; Jon Mahama came to power what did he do about this -NOTHING because thought such act will never happen to them ;today he is also paying the price besides up till today nobody have attempted to confront JJ Rawlings about his past evil deeds and his act of promoting lawlessness ; he set up a party call PNDC/NDC and what did they do in power they promoted arrogance and contempt for the law and robbed Ghanaians ; his party NDC led by Jon Mahama takes over and things get worse ; Ghana becomes a lawless state because laws cannot be enforced because his ministers knew if they stole JON Mahama will not do anything ; Jon Mahama promoted galamasey as an employment avenue instead of creating proper employment for youth ; armed robbery was the order of the day ; today society has risen up againt these armed robbers that non will even bother to inform the police anymore ; this is the result and fate of our brother Max Mahama -WHY ?MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE !!!!! today we have hypocrate like JJ Rawlings shooting his maggot mouth as a former head of state ; the DAMAGE has already been done by the the citizens of Denkyira ; GHANAIANS claim to be a CHRISTIAN country but this a false notion ; we are not a Christian country ; GHANAIANS are a bunch of EVIL SPECIES ; RAWLINGS SHOULD JUST KEEP QUIET !!!!!!
Cos all most pple do is abuse democracy. How I wish it was jj's era of rule. All these bs would have been dealt stiffly with. How u can u take a life like that and have the impunity to videotape it? How?😭😭😭😭😭. He didn't deserve this. His wife and children didn't have to see their loved one die like this. His mom, dad and family didn't have to bury their only male child! OMG!! Reckless killing. My heart is wrecked with pain. My heart bleeds for this young captain. I can't imagine what he must've been going through as he sees his life being taken away from him. Awwwwwwwww Yehowah. Senseless killing. What has become of our society? Do we no longer have respect for human life? Why why ooooh why