{"id":393298,"date":"2017-05-30T12:55:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T12:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/05\/30\/ex-president-mahama-consoles-family-of-murdered-soldier\/"},"modified":"2017-05-30T12:55:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T12:55:35","slug":"ex-president-mahama-consoles-family-of-murdered-soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/05\/30\/ex-president-mahama-consoles-family-of-murdered-soldier\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-President Mahama consoles family of murdered soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Former President John Dramani Mahama.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President John Dramani Mahama expressed sadness over the gruesome murder of an army officer, Capt. Maxwell Mahama, an\u00a0Army Officer leading a troop to provide security at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region, Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The officer, who was said to have gone for an early morning jogging, was murdered by a mob after they allegedly mistook him for an armed robber because he was in possession of a weapon.<\/p>\n<p>Defense Minister Dominic Nitiwul told Joy FM the circumstance\u00a0under which the officer lost his life \u201cis weird\u201d and hopes investigations will unravel the actual circumstances of his death.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/964753300158_1786554811211.jpg\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:2px; height:427px; margin:6px; width:640px\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"1917497673\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The former President, John Mahama posted on his Twitter handle his condolences to Capt. Mahama\u2019s father, Capt. Chubby Adam Mahama (Retired).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/7629067493136_3082582606054.jpg\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:2px; height:312px; margin:6px; width:638px\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"1051811708\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ghana&#8217;s ex-leader also expressed his sympathies with the soldier&#8217;s mother who is said to be in the United Kingdom, the wife and his two children.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/3951870103470_8471634189649.jpg\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:2px; height:374px; margin:6px; width:628px\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"2916342378\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Members of Parliament on Tuesday called for speedy investigations into the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The late Captain Mahama was posted to Denkyira-Obuasi three weeks ago, to relieve the Commander of the Platoon detailed to the area to protect a local mine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He recently sat for a promotion\u00a0examination and was waiting to be promoted to the rank of a \u2018Major\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/336630272523_3471795304367.jpg\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:2px; height:427px; margin:6px; width:640px\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"3423232423\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President John Dramani Mahama. Former President John Dramani Mahama expressed sadness over the gruesome murder of an army officer, Capt. Maxwell Mahama, an\u00a0Army Officer leading a troop to provide security at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region, Monday. 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