Major Maxwell Mahama will be laid to rest later on Friday at the Osu Military Cemetary, after a burial service at the Forecourt of the State House.
Mourners are currently filing past Major Mahama’s casket ahead of the state burial which is expected to commence at 9: 10 am, where he is expected to be given full military honours.
Dignitaries are filtering in with Former Presidents John Mahama and John Kufuor present along with a number of Members of Parliament and State and National Security Officials.
Major Mahama is being granted a State Funeral after his gruesome lynching by some youth of Denkyria-Obuasi in the Central Region shocked the nation. The youth mistook him for a robber.
Major Mahama was in Denkyria-Obuasi on anti-galamsey mission with other soldiers. It his hoped that his death would act as a turning point in Ghana;s history with mob justice which has been ingrained in certain sections of society nationwide.
The filing past will be followed by a procession to Osu Military Cemetery for the interment. A Thanksgiving service will be held at Light House Chapel International, Qodesh, North Kaneshie-Accra on Sunday, June 11.
His final funeral rites will be held at Bole fro, 13th to 15th June 2017 and Tumu from 16th to 18th June 2017 respectively.
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