It’s been two years since the demise of Captain Maxwell Adams Mahama, posthumously Major Maxwell Mahama.
The security agencies — Defence Ministry, the Military High Command will today, 29th May 2019, unveil a statue in honour of the armed force soldier who died in cold blood.
May 29th was the anniversary of the brutal murder of army officer Captain (posthumously Maj.) Maxwell Adams Mahama in Denkyira-Obuasi.
Mahama, as young as he was, left behind a wife, Barbara, and two male children.
8 of the 22 suspects standing trial for the murder of Major Maxwell Mahama have been released due to a lack of evidence against them.
The Accra District Court hearing the case discharged the 8 following a recommendation from the Attorney General’s department over the status of the investigation.
Wife of Late Major Mahama has granted her first interview ever since losing her husband to a gruesome mob injustice at Denkyira Obuasi.
According to Barbara Mahama who was speaking on GhOne TV, she still struggles to deal with the thoughts that Major Mahama is not more as she keeps hearing his voice.
1st November is the birthday of the late army officer Major Maxwell Mahama, who was killed earlier this year in brutal circumstances in Denkyira-Obuasi.
To mark the day, his widow Barbara has penned a touching birthday message for him beyond the grave.
Today, 26th September, marks the birthday of Barbara Mahama, widow of the late Major Maxwell Mahama.
Ghanaians on social media have taken it upon themselves to celebrate Barbara, whose life was filled with so much tragedy that day in May when her husband was brutally murdered.
Mob justice reared its ugly head in Ghana once again as a man was lynched by residents of Walewale in the Northern region.
Gafaru Amadu had been suspected of killing a relative, Issahaku Ibrahim, by cutting open his neck with a machete. In response, a mob lynched him to death.
Comic Kumawood actor, Kwadwo Nkansah well known as Lilwin has shot a new video in Denkyira Obuasi set to be released soon.
The song titled “Nyame Gye Me” should give you enough reason why Lilwin will choose the infamous town noted for killing Late Major Mahama for the official visuals to the song.
A GoFundMe campaign to raise money for the family of the late Major Maxwell Mahama yielded over Ghc 27,000 – which has now been presented to the late soldier’s widow.
One Prof. Kumordzie, who led the campaign, presented the final sum of Ghc 27,700 to Barbara Mahama, widow of the late Major.
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is set to visit the Central Regional town of Denkyira-Obuasi today – Monday August 7.
The visit would be part of a five day working tour by the President to the Central and Western Regions.
There’s an ongoing legal process to bring killers of Late Major Maxwell Mahama to book for their bestiality.
Defending Lawyer for four of the suspects, George Bernard, has disclosed that though he is defending his clients, he hasn’t watched the viral video in which his clients were captured allegedly committing the heinous crime.
William Baah, the Denkyira-Obuasi assemblyman who, according to legend, mobilised a crowd of the town’s residents to lynch the late Major Mahama, has vehemently denied the charge in court.
According to his lawyer, George Bernard Shaw, both the police and the public have the wrong facts on the case.
After the people of Denkyira-Obuasi brutally murdered the late Major Maxwell Mahama, turns out one of them even had the gall to take his iPhone 7 for himself.
Emmanuel Fordjour is the culprit, and he was arrested after a police tip-off, with the phone found stashed in his room.
Before Late Major Mahama was gruesomely murdered in Denkyira Obuasi, he was set to receive a Masters Degree from the Leicester University in the U.K.
In his absence, his mother Veronica Bamford was at the Graduation ceremony to receive his Master of Science (MSc) in Security and Risk Management Certificate.
The University of Leicester has presented the Master’s Degree earned by the late Major Maxwell Mahama to his mother following his untimely death.
The late major was pursuing the degree and was near completion when he was lynched by a mob in Denkyira-Obuasi.
Prophet Nicholas Osei, aka Prophet Kumchacha, has refused calls for him to go preach to the residents of Denkyira-Obuasi to aid in their salvation.
According to him, if he is God’s chosen messenger to bring salvation to residents of the town, then they are all going to die because he cannot see danger and walk straight into it.
The Chief of Denkyira-Obuasi, Nana Adjei Nkyire II, has hit back at Rev Sam Korankye Ankrah, after the famed preacher revealed a curse against the town.
Korankye Ankrah had revealed that a curse had been placed on the town for their killing of Major Mahama and that consequently, no leader would emerge from the land.
Father of the late Major Maxwell Mahama, Capt Dennis Mahama, has come out emphatically deny rumours that he was part of the firing squad that killed former President Ignatius Kutu Achaempong in 1979.
Called to respond to allegations on his involvement in the firing squad which killed the late head of State, Mahama categorically denied any involvement.
The family of the late Major Maxwell Mahama have paid a visit to the site of his murder in Denkyira-Obuasi.
A delegation made up of immediate relatives such as his parents and his brother, plus other external family members from Tumu, made the trip to the Central Regional town.
The case against 7 of the alleged killers of the late Major Maxwell Mahama has been dropped.
Prosecutors in Cape Coast expressed no interest in continuing the case in court Monday and prayed for the judge to discontinue the case, which was granted.
Maverick Gh politician Kofi Wayo has spoken out on the death of the late Major Maxwell Mahama, describing it as the ‘wrong way’ to die.
Wayo, who is one of the dignitaries attending Mahama’s state funeral, spoke to the issue of the major’s death and said government needs to beef up the military and security agencies in general going forward.
A former Member of Parliament for Denkyira, Ben Aryeh, says the reputation being built for his town as a place of barbarians always breaking the law is wrong.
According to the former legislator, Denkyira-Obuasi residents are not killers, but simply peace loving people like the rest of the country.
Shatta Wale has revealed the process leading to his recording of his tribute song to the late Major Maxwell Mahama.
Wale was the first artist in the country to release a song in tribute to Mahama – his ‘Maxwell Adam Mahama’ song dropped early Tuesday after the soldier’s death on Monday.
Shatta Wale has made it clear that he wants nothing to do with the town of Denkyira-Obuasi.
The town became the focus of the entire country last week after an army captain, now Major Maxwell Mahama, was lynched to death by a mob.
Actor John Dumelo has paid a visit to the family of the late Army major, Maxwell Mahama, to pay his condolences over the passing of the late officer.
Dumelo, who has been as heartbroken over the incident as any Ghanaian, described the late officer as ‘Ghana’s hero’.
Dancehall Artist and Boss of the SM Family can not seem to get over the lynching and murder of Captain Maxwell Mahama now Major Mahama.
Shatta Wale in an interview with Kwasi Aboagye on Peace FM’s Entertainmnet Review stated that the entire township as well as anybody who hails from Denkyira Obuasi do not deserve any form of mercy.
According to the “Taking Over” singer, “If I have my own power, I would bring people from Iraq or Afghanistan to bomb the town and all the people there and kill everybody there because everybody that comes from there has that evil mind”.
It’s looking more and likely that galamsey issues played a crucial role in the killing of Capt. Maxwell Mahama.
Even though the initial police report laying out what their preliminary investigations have revealed has no galamsey portion, Ghanaians online remain unconvinced that the captain was merely mistaken for a robber.
