{"id":394815,"date":"2017-06-07T16:22:20","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T16:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/07\/state-burial-with-full-military-honours-for-major-mahama\/"},"modified":"2017-06-07T16:22:20","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T16:22:20","slug":"state-burial-with-full-military-honours-for-major-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/07\/state-burial-with-full-military-honours-for-major-mahama\/","title":{"rendered":"State burial with full military honours for Major Mahama"},"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>The late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama who was slain in the line of duty, will be given a state burial with full military honours on Friday, State Protocol Office has said.<\/p>\n<p>The burial service is to come off\u00a0at the Forecourt of State House in Accra, after which he will be buried at the Osu Military Cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>According to the State Protocol Office, a vigil will be held at the Arakam Officers&#8217; Mess at Burma Camp on Thursday, June 8, at 7p.m.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline.com_InArticle_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, June 9, the body of the deceased will be moved from the 37 Military Hospital to the Forecourt of State House\u00a0at 6a.m for filing past.<\/p>\n<p>The Burial Service will commence at 9.10 am after which there will be a procession to the Osu Military Cemetary for interment.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately after the burial, the final funeral rites will come off at the Forecourt of the State House.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, June 10, there will be a Thanksgiving Service at Light House Chapel International, Qodesh, North Kaneshie.<\/p>\n<p>The final funeral rites will be held at Bole (from June 13 -15) and Tumu\u00a0( from 16-18) in the Northern region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:arial\">The conscience of Ghanaians was stirred with the brute murder of a senior military officer, then Captain Mahama at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:arial\">The Captain who was posthumously promoted to a Major on Monday was killed on May 29, after some of the\u00a0Denkyira Obuasi residents claimed they mistook him for an armed robber. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:arial\">He had a weapon on him, which incensed the residents to lynch him, it has been reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:arial\">He\u00a0left behind a wife and two children.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama who was slain in the line of duty, will be given a state burial with full military honours on Friday, State Protocol Office has said. 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