The lawyer of suspects arrested in connection with the murder of the late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama has said he is not happy with the way he is being verbally abused in the media.
“The media should stop insulting me. Some of them even address me as “that devil of a lawyer” and use all sort of abusive words on my personality. I am on the brink of withdrawal” the lawyer, George Bernard Shaw told the Ghana News Agency.
According to him, he does not support mob justice but was only in the case to ensure that the rights of the accused persons were not abused.
He made this known after the seven accused persons who were initially arrested following the mob attack last May, were discharged by the Cape Coast Magistrate Court on Monday and the case transferred to Accra for continuation.
The assemblyman of Denkyira-Obuasi, William Baah, who is alleged to have led the mob action that resulted in the death of Major Mahama is part of the seven persons facing prosecution.
The rest are: Bismark Donkor, Philip Badu, Kofi Nyame, Anthony Amoah, Kofi Badu, and Yaw Annor.
Major Mahama was lynched by some residents of Denkyira Obuasi in the Central Region on Monday, May 29, 2017.
A postmortem report of the Ghana Police service indicated that the suspects involved in the murder of Major Maxwell Mahama shot him severally before setting his body on fire.
A number of bullets were removed from his body, the police report indicated.