Witness in Major Mahama Trial Involved In Accident

The Accra High Court could not continue the hearing of the 14 persons standing trial for the murder of Major Maxwell Adams Mahama yesterday.

This is because the twelfth Prosecution Witness, Baffour Apenteng Nyamekye, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) who is under cross-examination in the case was involved in an accident over the weekend.

When the ACP was expected to be further scrutinized by lawyers of the accused persons yesterday, the court was informed of the development.

Mrs. Evelyn Keelson, Chief State Attorney said the witness was involved in an accident over the weekend, hospitalized but was discharged on Tuesday.

She said upon a brief interaction with him, (witness), they will require a short adjournment to be able to get the witness back.

The state is expected to call two more witnesses in the form of the medical officer and the investigator after the ACP to make a total of 14 witnesses.

The court presided over by Justice Mariama Owusu, a Court of Appeal judge sitting with additional responsibility as a High Court adjourned the trial to July 23 and 24, 2019.

Fourteen persons are standing trial at an Accra High Court over the killing of Major Mahama, who was an officer of the 5th Infantry Battalion, at Burma Camp.

The late Major was on duty at Denkyira-Obuase in the Central Region when on May 29, 2017, some residents allegedly mistook him for an armed robber and lynched him.

The mob had ignored his persistent plea that he was an officer of the Ghana Armed Forces.

The accused are William Baah, the Assemblyman of Denkyira Obuasi, Bernard Asamoah alias Daddy, Kofi Nyame a.k.a Abortion, Akwasi Boah, Kwame Tuffour, Joseph Appiah Kubi, Michael Anim and Bismarck Donkor.

Others are John Bosie, Akwasi Baah, Charles Kwaning, Emmanuel Badu, Bismarck Abanga and Kwadwo Anima.