Slaps, cutlass, guns – Denkyira-Oboasi resident narrates how he was brutalized by soldiers after Major Mahama’s murder

A Denkyira-Obuasi resident has narrated an account of what transpired after the brutalization of the late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama. 

Major Mahama was lynched at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region on May 29, 2017, while on duty.

It was later narrated that the military officer had been mistaken for an armed robber.

Following the incident, over 50 suspects were rounded up, out of whom 14 were eventually screened for prosecution.

They are William Baah, then-Assemblyman for Denkyira Obuasi, Bernard Asamoah, alias Daddy, Kofi Nyame, a.k.a. Abortion, Akwasi Boah, Kwame Tuffour, Joseph Appiah Kubi, Michael Anim, and Bismarck Donkor.

The rest are John Bosie, Akwasi Baah, Charles Kwaning, Emmanuel Badu, Bismarck Abanga, and Kwadwo Anima. 

One of the two persons who was freed shared his wild story of how he was brutally beaten by the military to the point he couldn’t feel his body and even walk during the military swoop in 2017 to arrest Major Mahama’s murderers.

At the time, his wife was nurturing a three-month-old baby. 

“I was at home relaxing when I heard that in the early hours of the morning, the man they were beating that they claimed was an armed robber was not an armed robber but a soldier, and I said, Oh, okay, I didn’t pay attention that much. At 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., I noticed people running; they said the guy who died is a soldier, so the soldiers are coming to the town to arrest the individuals who committed the act. So they were running; I didn’t run; I stayed home,” he narrated. 

He added that he was never close to the scene and didn’t even know what Major Mahama looked like, yet he spent 7 years of his life in prison while being innocent. 

“I went home to sleep, then at around 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., I heard someone banging on my door; they then slammed my door open. I was brought outside in the presence of nine soldiers, and an additional two were caught along with me. A gun was pointed to my face; I was beaten mercilessly; no one was injured; I was bleeding. At 6 p.m., the commander came over and demanded where the bearded guy was. I was mistaken for another guy in the video who had a beard; I was subjected to an intense beating; I couldn’t walk or do anything; in fact, I couldn’t feel anything; I was innocent; I did nothing wrong; I mean, I did nothing wrong; I didn’t know the face of Major Mahama nor have I seen him before,” the victim narrated. 

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Last month 12 persons were sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering Major Mahama and two others were acquitted and discharged. One of the two persons who was freed shares his wild story of how he was brutally beaten by the military to a point he couldn't feel his body and… pic.twitter.com/nruqYuzpYL

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