Ghana should brace herself for something worse than what befell the late
Major Maxwell Adam Mahama at Denkyira-Boase if the current trend of
happenings is allowed to continue, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bongo
Constituency, Edward Bawa has warned.
“If we are not careful it will happen again and this time worse than
what we saw. When you realize that the society decides to bring about
instant justice it is because they are beginning to lose hope in the
security agencies and justice delivery. They believe criminals handed
over to the police are easily freed so they begin to wonder what they
can do in such cases which results in the instant justice. There have
been instances where armed robbers are arrested and the next minute are
freed and still go back engaging in the same crimes”, he revealed
According to him pragmatic steps must be taken to work towards assuring
the populace by both the security agencies and the judiciary that they
are indeed up to the task and will be able dispense justice where it is
required.
He however condemned mob injustice in the country but said it will only
be properly dealt with if state agencies are seen discharging their
official duties analytically.
Major Maxwell Adam Mahama, who was the Commander of a military
detachment stationed at Denkyira-Boase in the Upper Denkyira West
District of the Central Region, was lynched by residents after they
suspected he was a robber.
52 suspects have so far been arrested in connection with the incident
and have been remanded by an Accra Central District Court including;
Akwasi Baah, Solomon Sackey, Kwame Agyei, Joseph Appiah Kubi (aka Kum
Dede), Akosua Takyiwaa (aka Maabono), Esther Dauda (aka Asha) and
Michael Kumah (aka Kojo Anim) to reappear on June 21, 2017.
