Ghana cannot mourn Maxwell Mahama enough - Gov't

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June 9, 2017 8:23 PM

The tribute which was read at the forecourt of State House also saw the government describe the major as 'a soldier's soldier'.

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The late Maxwell Mahama has been described by the government of Ghana as 'a soldier's soldier'.

In a tribute read by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the government said the slain soldier was one who was dedicated to his duty and one who deserved to be emulate. The tribute which was read at the forecourt of State House also saw the government describe the major as 'a soldier's soldier'.

"At the gates of the Military Academy and Training School where his career as a soldier began, there is an inscription that states that they who pass through that gate commit to defend the Nation on land, in the air and on the seas, even at the peril of their lives. If there is ever a soldier who lived this commitment as a religious duty, that was Major Maxwell Adam Mahama."

"The Nation cannot mourn Major Maxwell Adam Mahama enough. Our tears cannot stop flowing as we lay to rest, such a fine example, of not only what it takes to be a soldier, but indeed what it takes to be human.

How do we explain to his young children when they grow, that their father lost his life at the hands of fellow Ghanaians, not at the hands of foreign invaders and not in a battlefield?

How do we reconcile the irony that Major Maxwell Adam Mahama died, while protecting our environment and our future? If ever there was a person. Who did not deserve to die, it was Major Maxwell Adam Mahama."

Maxwell Adam Mahama was lynched on Monday, May 29, 2017 by residents of Denkyira Obuasi on suspicion that he was an armed robber. Over 50 people have been arrested in connection to his death.

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