| Intro | Ghanaian soldier lyched to death |
| Is | Soldier |
| From | Ghana |
| Type | Military |
| Gender | male |
| Death |
29 May 2017, Diaso |
Maxwell Mahama was a Ghanaian soldier and captain from the 5th Infantry Battalion unit of the Ghana Army who was lynched to death and burned at Denkyira Obuasi in the Central Region of Ghana.
Education
Maxwell had his secondary school eduation at St. John’s School. He is also an alumnus of University of Ghana where he studied Political Science and History. He was enrolled as a distance learning student at University of Leicester in 2015 and was to graduate with Master of Science (MSc) in Security and Risk Management in the summer of 2017.
Cause of death
There have been two accounts of the death of Captain Maxwell; he was mistaken for an armed robber and as Captain of the military unit dispatched to the Upper Denkyira West District as part of the fight against galamsey by the Nana Akufo-Addo’s government.
Aftermath
A video of the incident was circulated over social media which has cased an outrage among Ghanaians. Ghanaians and sympathizers took to social media to express their condolences and feelings towards the incident, the hashtag #Justice4Mahama was trending on Twitter. The Ghana Army deployed a new set of soldiers to the district of which the Ghana Police Service accussed the millary of hampering investigation and demanded their withdrawal.