{"id":394227,"date":"2017-06-05T14:11:17","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T14:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/05\/photos-capt-mahama-lynching-diaso-turns-ghost-town-as-residents-flee\/"},"modified":"2017-06-05T14:11:17","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T14:11:17","slug":"photos-capt-mahama-lynching-diaso-turns-ghost-town-as-residents-flee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/05\/photos-capt-mahama-lynching-diaso-turns-ghost-town-as-residents-flee\/","title":{"rendered":"[PHOTOS] Capt Mahama lynching: Diaso turns ghost town as residents flee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<!--               \n\n<div class=\"in-ad\">\n\n\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1495043641385-0' style='height:250px; width:300px;'>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n              <\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p>Residents of Diaso,\u00a0a town in Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region, where a military man was brutally lynched and burnt by a mob, have fled\u00a0fearing reprisal from personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF).<\/p>\n<p>About 35 armed military men and two officers were deployed Monday to the area to mount a search for residents said to have lynched Captain Maxwell Mahama.<\/p>\n<p>Capt Mahama of the 5 Battalion of Infantry is said to have been lynched while he was on his early morning jogging Monday.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline.com_InArticle_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>He was allegedly stoned and burnt by the youth of the area who mistook him for an armed robber.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from the Ghana Armed Forces says a high-powered fact-finding team led by the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Obed Akwa, arrived in the town on Tuesday to ascertain the facts of the case.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Diaso town 4\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3978587390854_4447853255085.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There were initial reports that the troops deployed to the area may brutalise the residents in retaliation for the attack, however, the Spokesperson for the Ghana Armed Forces, Col. Aggrey Quarshie, has told Joy News that will not happen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are not going to expect that they will go and be attacking the community, no&#8230;they are going there to protect the Chief of Army Staff,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will leave the security agencies that are responsible for investigating such things to do that and we hope that all the culprits will be picked up and brought to book. So we expect the community members to help us arrest all the culprits,&#8221; he adds.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Diaso town 7\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/5513994060818_2060712526397.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, shots of the area\u00a0by Joy News&#8217; Correspondent Ohemeng Tawiah\u00a0on Tuesday show that residents have abandoned the town.<\/p>\n<p>The troops had been going from door-to-door, waking up the few residents still hiding in their rooms in a bid get information that will bring the perpetrators to book.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Diaso town 6\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/6482074341219_385516241503.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Captain Mahama had been posted to the area about three weeks ago to relieve the Commander of the military personnel who were guarding a local mining company. The Platoon Commander had come to Accra to sit for an examination.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Diaso town 1\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/9279036535364_8533530043075.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><b>The was not a single trader in sight on Tuesday at the local market<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Diaso town 3\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/5657725400756_5563639534482.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><b>The streets are empty, and doors shut tight, reports Ohemeng Tawiah<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Diaso town 4\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3978587390854_4447853255085.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><b>Although the Ghana Armed Forces <\/b><\/i><i><b>has<\/b><\/i><i><b> said military <\/b><\/i><i><b>personnel<\/b><\/i><i><b> deployed to the area will not <\/b><\/i><i><b>brutalise<\/b><\/i><i><b>\u00a0the residents, the public outrage and condemnation of the dastardly act have driven the youth to nearby towns.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Diaso town 8\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1827189746209_3330211801402.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><b>Residents could be seen leaving the town on Tuesday<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Diaso town 10\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/4733278762290_5829113781296.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><b>Economic activity has come to a standstill in the area<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Diaso town 9\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3207509363380_5452429131966.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><b>Capt Mahama was stripped of his clothes and set on fire by the mob<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Diaso town 5\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3239775324395_8208384381865.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><b><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Five arrests have been made so far but the Assemblyman who allegedly initiated the mob action is on the run.<\/span><\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/336630272523_3471795304367.jpg\" style=\"border:0px; font-family:inherit; font-size:inherit; font-stretch:inherit; font-style:inherit; font-variant:inherit; font-weight:inherit; height:auto !important; line-height:inherit; margin:0px; max-width:100%; outline:none; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-family:inherit\"><b>The late Captain and his family<\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Diaso,\u00a0a town in Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region, where a military man was brutally lynched and burnt by a mob, have fled\u00a0fearing reprisal from personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF). 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