Residents Mistook Soldier For A Robber,Lynch & Burn Him To Death (Photos)

A military officer with the 5th Infantry Battalion (5BN) at Burma Camp in Accra but on detachment duties at Diaso in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central region has been lynched by residents on suspicion of being an armed robber.


Captain Maxwell Mahama who is commander of a military detachment in the area according to his subordinates,  on Monday dawn was seen jogging along the main road and as he stopped by to ask some women for directions, they saw the pistol on him.


According to them, he was not dressed in military uniform and because of recent spate of armed robbery in the town after residents were attacked a day earlier, the women called the Assembly man who organized the youth of the town to lynch him.


Several pleas by the security officer to the effect that he was not a criminal yielded no result as the angry residents kept hitting him life threatening object including cement blocks until he died.


News of his death was later conveyed to his subordinates who visited the scene to ascertain things for themselves.


The body has since been conveyed to a health facility in the area but for fear of being attacked by the soldiers who may  avenge his death, the youths have started fleeing the town realizing that the deceased was not a criminal as they thought.


Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2017/05/residents-mistook-soldiers-for.html?m=1

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If na Naija now, Nigerian Army will launch

Operation See Gobe

In that neighborhood.




I dedicate my FTC to Arsene Wenger.
And every person who sat at home today out of fear.

Have you prayed for Buhari today?
If not say after me; "Rabbi ibni lee AAindaka baytan fee aljannati''

The residents don buy better market.

This story happened in GHANA?.... Before some people go think say na Nigeria

Terrible! One of the reasons why jungle justice should never be encouraged.It could claim innocent lives,this is an example.Leaving a beautiful family like this behind,including other loved ones is heart wrenching.May his soul RIP.

They are lucky it is not in Nigeria, the residents would have chosen between CROCODILE TEARS AND PYTHON DANCE.

I pray those responsible for this dastardly act are apprehended and dealt with severely.

Rip MM

had it been na naija this thing happen... hmmmmmm.. lemme come and be going. cuz mouth no fit talk wetin go happen to those residents in the coming weeks.

NwaAmaikpe:
Nigerian Army will launch

Operation See Gobe

In that neighborhood

I will be disappointed if they dont

Even his dick wasn't spared. Africa is so backward.

I posted one robbery thread https://www.nairaland.com/3738091/see-thief-caught-area-pics and one ediot was screaming "wey my tyre,fuel,matches". another was saying "Why una leave something for him waist" ...oya na make them come see their work.oo.
#nojunglejustice

Heart breaking... This soldier is so humane that he died in a humble and somewhat foolish death. On the humane aspect; He value the lives of his countrymen that he couldn't fire his pistol to avoid killing or harming anyone, patriotism at its peak! On the side of foolishness: he could have fired several shots on the air to scare angry mobs. At the point where it's clear enough that he could loose his life, he could have shot one overzealous angry mob on the leg at least, to chase others away. Very pitiful!

But where is lalasticlala sef

Very very touching

obynocute:
had it been na naija this thing happen... hmmmmmm.. lemme come and be going. cuz mouth no fit talk wetin go happen to those residents in the coming weeks.

The Member of Parliament for Upper Denkyira West, Samuel Nsowa-Djan, has called on the Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul, and Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Major General Obed Akwa to call some soldiers deployed to Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region to search for killers of Captain Maxwell A. Mahama, to order.

Captain Mahama was lynched by irate youth of the community on suspicion that he was an armed robber after a group of residents from whom he asked for directions during a Monday dawn jogging session spotted a pistol on him.

The community on Tuesday 30 May turned into a ghost town as residents fled from soldiers sent there to investigate the circumstances leading to the murder of their colleague. Reports said the soldiers were allegedly arresting and beating up residents.
Reacting to the development on 12Live on Class91.3FM, Mr Nsowa-Djan appealed to the soldiers to operate within the remit of the law. He was of the opinion that the situation could escalate if the youth of the town strike back at the soldiers.

Speaking to Jonas Ofori-Yeboah, the lawmaker, who disclosed he was on his way to his constituency to ascertain the facts for himself, said: “According to sources, over 30 people have been arrested including women but I can’t confirm it. But just now, I’ve been told that a lame man has been arrested and molested and when a situation of this nature happens, it is also going to lead to another problem.

“What the community did is very bad and I condemn it, but the way the military is also taking the issue I think it’s a whole lot. The community I’m told is now virtually empty. They have fled to the neighbouring communities and their farms and other places. So I’m appealing to the military, the Minister of Defence, and Chief of Defence Staff to call his people to order because if the people are to retaliate, the end result will be very bad.”

AFRICA!

lazy army man...see how u bring ur children into dis world come gbese leave them.

They should chase all of them out and convert the town into a permanent military barracks.

OMG

chibabe259:
Even his dick wasn't spared. Africa is so backward.

See where this one's putrid mind went first?

NwaAmaikpe:
Nigerian Army will launch

Operation See Gobe

In that neighborhood

Thank God no be Nigeria.
That's community is a goner
NN will bomb and shoot
I can't explain

If na naija dis one happen, Timaya for hammer with dem mama part 2... D village would have been levelled nd exist only in ppl's memory... Ask Odi

Can you imagine? This is sad and terrible damn..

Nigerians why?

What a coward an officer



Let them just try a Nigerian police

too bad

But how foolish can some people be...so anyone with gun is a criminal

leofab:
Nigerians why?

Where u keep ur glasses??