The Defence Ministry, the Military High Command and other security agencies will on Wednesday in a ceremony unveil a 20-ft monument in honour of the late Major Maxwell Mahama at Airport Hills roundabout in Accra as part of a two-year celebration since his demise.
The monument is believed to be the fulfillment of a request the late officer’s family made during a courtesy call on President Nana Akufo-Addo in 2017, where it expressed the hope that the monument would serve as a reminder of the tragedy and a deterrent to the canker of mob justice in Ghana.
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Meanwhile, a group, identified as the Coalition of La Association (COLA), has opposed the location of the statue with the explanation that the monument should be on the land the deceased officer was killed in the Central region.
Speaking in an interview on Accra-based Citi FM, the convener of the group, Oscar Nii Odoi Glover stated that the indigenes of LA are still disappointed even with the completion of the statue.
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“The entire La State is against putting up the statue on our land. It is not just COLA. We are only a group in La. Anything can happen in the future. They have 24-hour military guard, we know it but we’ve not made our mind to do anything against it,” he noted.
Major Mahama, who was the commander of a Military detachment stationed at Diaso in the Upper Denkyira District of the Central region, met his untimely death on the 29th of May 2017 after he was lynched by the residents who claimed they thought he was an armed robber.
Source: Adomonline.com
