{"id":394322,"date":"2017-06-05T21:16:20","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T21:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/05\/exclusive-random-facts-about-arrest-of-two-key-suspects-in-capt-mahamas-death\/"},"modified":"2017-06-05T21:16:20","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T21:16:20","slug":"exclusive-random-facts-about-arrest-of-two-key-suspects-in-capt-mahamas-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/05\/exclusive-random-facts-about-arrest-of-two-key-suspects-in-capt-mahamas-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Random facts about arrest of two key suspects in Capt. Mahama&#8217;s death"},"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>Details of how the Assemblyman for Denkyira-Obuasi (Upper Denkyira West District) of the Central Region, who is a key suspect\u00a0in the killing of a soldier, has emerged.<\/p>\n<p>Myjoyonline can confirm William Baah and one key suspect in the murder of an army officer took refuge at Asamang in the Ashanti Region while law enforcement agencies sought them.<\/p>\n<p>Mr.\u00a0Baah and a 35-year-old farmer, Yaw Annor, turned themselves in on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline.com_InArticle_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The two reportedly fled Denkyira-Obuasi on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Annor was in possession of a firearm belonging to the late Captain, Adam Mahama.<\/p>\n<p>Messers\u00a0Baah\u00a0and\u00a0Annor\u00a0first called the\u00a0Diaso\u00a0District Commander, ASP\u00a0Osei Adu Agyemang, and informed him of their intention to surrender to the police at exactly 10 o\u2019clock a.m on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/4909022477507_9761859181750.jpg\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"1714609801\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Yaw Baah<\/b><\/p>\n<p>ASP Agyemang, in the company of another officer, drove to Asamang to pick up the two.<\/p>\n<p>News of the arrest of the two marks a turning point in police investigations in efforts to unravel perpetrators of the lynching of the late military officer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/8036343159309_6294406483053.jpg\" style=\"height:363px; margin:4px; width:640px\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"1012997104\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The arrest of the two brings to 7 the number of people believed to be highly connected to the murder of the late Captain.<\/p>\n<p>Myjoyonline checks reveal that this is the second time in five years that security personnel have been lynched in the Denkyira-Obuasi community.<\/p>\n<p>On April 12, 2012, one of three men believed to be national security operatives who went to the community to arrest of a resident was attacked by the youth of the town and lynched.<\/p>\n<p>Police intervention saved the other persons from attacks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/6822494715245_7168313961786.jpg\" style=\"height:363px; margin:4px; width:640px\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"724463187\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Denkyira Traditional Council has declared June 4, 2017, as a day of mourning in memory of the late Captain Mahama.<\/p>\n<p>Chief of the area, Krontihene\u00a0Odiamono\u00a0Twum Barimah II has announced that a special pacification and purification service will be held to ask for spiritual intervention to heal the community and to force suspects to surrender themselves to the police.<\/p>\n<p>Clad in black, the chiefs who condemned the conduct of residents say they will do everything within their capacity to support police investigations.<\/p>\n<p><b>Background<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Capt Maxwell Mahama of the 5 Battalion of Infantry was lynched by some youth while he went for his early morning jogging Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0He was allegedly stoned and burnt by the youth of the area who mistook him for an armed robber.<\/p>\n<p>Police in Ghana\u00a0have\u00a0arrested seven suspects in connection with the gruesome murder of a military officer.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) dispatched a fact-finding team led by the Chief of Army Staff, Major \u00a0General Obed Akwa to ascertain the circumstances surrounding Capt. Mahama\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>His body has since been evacuated from the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Public outcry\u00a0demanding\u00a0for justice for the late officer has been fierce, and President Nana Akufo-Addo has vowed that the killers will not go unpunished.<\/p>\n<p>Former Presidents John Mahama and John Rawlings have condemned the attack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Details of how the Assemblyman for Denkyira-Obuasi (Upper Denkyira West District) of the Central Region, who is a key suspect\u00a0in the killing of a soldier, has emerged. 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