Photos: This Army officer was lynched and burnt to death for a mistaken Armed Robber

The army officer whose name has been given us Captain Maxwell Mahama was lynched by residents on suspicion of being an armed robber.

The late Captain Maxwell Mahama was a military officer with the 5th Infantry Batallion (5BN) at Burma Camp in Accra but on detachment duties at the Denkyira Boase of the Central region.

Captain Mahama who is the commander of the area military detachment according to his subordinates, was seen jogging along the main road and as he stopped by to ask some women for directions, the women saw a pistol on him.

The women who were alarmed by the discovery of the pistol on Captain Mahama mistook him for an armed robber thereby alerting their assembly member who allegedly organized some men to lynch him and even burnt him in the process.

The late Captain Mahama

The military officer was not in uniform when the incident happened is said to have pleaded with the mob not lynch him indicating that he was an army officer and not a criminal, but his plea was not taken by the mob who hit him with several objects including cement blocks.

Army officer Maxwell Maham who was lynched and burnt to death

The women’s action is said to have been influenced by recent robbery attacks in the area with a recent one been a day before as the people in the mining town have been subjected to some serious robbery attacks.

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News of his death was later conveyed to his subordinates who visited the scene to ascertain things for themselves.
The body of the deceased has since been conveyed to a health facility in the area.

The late Captain Mahama with his wife and two kids

The youth in the area have started fleeing the town on realizing that the deceased was not a criminal as they thought.