{"id":393569,"date":"2017-05-31T19:05:27","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T19:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/05\/31\/govt-will-look-into-dce-comment-over-capt-mahamas-lynching-bawumia\/"},"modified":"2017-05-31T19:05:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T19:05:27","slug":"govt-will-look-into-dce-comment-over-capt-mahamas-lynching-bawumia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/05\/31\/govt-will-look-into-dce-comment-over-capt-mahamas-lynching-bawumia\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt&#8217; will look into DCE comment over Capt. Mahama&#8217;s lynching &#8211; Bawumia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says government is considering comments attributed to the District Chief Executive of Denkyira-Obuasi Daniel Appiannin following the lynching of an Army Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Daniel Appiannin who is the head of the district&#8217;s security council said he was unaware of the presence of military officers in the area detailed to supervise a clamp down on illegal mining.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XDU1MjAxNzY1NzE0XzIwMTcwNTA1XzE2NTQ1OS5wbmd8MTAyNHw3Mjg=.jpg\" style=\"height:309px; width:450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Photo: <span dir=\"ltr\">Daniel Appianin after he was endorsed DCE on May 4, 2017<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>He told the media Tuesday morning, the Army Captain was protecting illegal Chinese miners.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;in fact, he is said to be the leader\u2026 I am shocked they are not briefing you very well but rather claiming they are here to fight galamseyers.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Social media has heavily condemned the comments believed to be insensitive and ignorant.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran journalist Abdul Kweku Baako has called on government to dismiss the DCE who has been in office barely four weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia said he has monitored comments on social media and &#8220;the very, very comments apparently made by the DCE&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will take all of those [comments] into account&#8221; when the President returns from an ECOWAS trip, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Vice President revealed this when he paid a courtesy call on the family of the deceased Wednesday at the Burma Camp in Accra.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bawumia consoles Capt Mahama's family\" class=\"img-polaroid img-rounded\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1435307593964_7765401666828.jpg\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:5px; height:96%; margin-left:2px; margin-right:2px; width:80%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was an emotional charged encounter. Military commanders were close to tears for the fallen soldier.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bawumia consoles Capt Mahama's family\" class=\"img-polaroid img-rounded\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/8107426129850_5946208428332.jpg\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:5px; height:96%; margin-left:2px; margin-right:2px; width:80%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Flanked by senior figures in the family, the wife of the deceased, Barbara Mahama, dressed in black with a head gear kept her composure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is so painful&#8221;, the Vice-President said describing the death as dastardly, painful, evil and unjustifiable.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bawumia consoles Capt Mahama's family\" class=\"img-polaroid img-rounded\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5335071012532_4608338526501.jpg\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:5px; height:96%; margin-left:2px; margin-right:2px; width:80%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Vice-President assured the family, government will &#8220;see that he gets a befitting burial&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is all our funeral. It is Ghana&#8217;s [funeral], it is not just this family, everywhere in every village, in every town they are talking about it&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He urged the family to have patience for the process initiated to bring the perpetrators to book.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bawumia consoles Capt Mahama's family\" class=\"img-polaroid img-rounded\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/575067004499_3340084607091.jpg\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:5px; height:96%; margin-left:2px; margin-right:2px; width:80%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Captain Mahama was lynched by some residents of Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region Monday morning while on his routine jogging, it has been reported.<\/p>\n<p>He was stoned and burnt after residents mistook him for an armed robber when they allegedly saw a weapon on him.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bawumia consoles Capt Mahama's family\" class=\"img-polaroid img-rounded\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/7794934474707_1808356848234.jpg\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:5px; height:96%; margin-left:2px; margin-right:2px; width:80%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The police in the Central Region have arrested six people including the Assembly Member alleged to have played a role in the murder.<\/p>\n<p>They are, William Baah (the Assemblyman of Denkyira Obuasi), Bismark Donkor, Phillip Badu, Kofi Nyame, Anthony Amoah and Kofi Badu.<\/p>\n<p>The police are appealing to persons who have any information about the gruesome murder to provide it to the nearest police station or call Police on <b>18555<\/b> (<i>MTN and Vodafone<\/i>), <b>0302-773906, 0302787373<\/b> or <b>191<\/b> (<i>all networks<\/i>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says government is considering comments attributed to the District Chief Executive of Denkyira-Obuasi Daniel Appiannin following the lynching of an Army Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama. 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