Twelve individuals, including a former assembly member, have been found guilty of the murder of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama in Denkyira Obuasi, Central Region, on May 29, 2017.

Major Mahama was lynched by some residents in Denkyira-Obuasi after being mistaken for an armed robber, despite his pleas that he was an officer of the Ghana Armed Forces.

The verdict was delivered by a unanimous decision of a seven-member panel on Monday, January 29, 2024.

The individuals found guilty are William Baah (assemblyman for the area), Bernard Asamoah (aka Daddy), Kofi Nyarko (aka Abortion), Akwasi Baah, Kwame Tuffour, Joseph Appiah Kubi, Michael Anim, John Bosie, Akwasi Baah, Charles Kwaning, Emmanuel Badu, and Kwadwo Anim.

They will spending the rest of their lives behind bars.

However, Bismark Donkor and Bismarck Abanga, two individuals standing trial alongside the 12, were acquitted and discharged after the jury returned a not guilty verdict in their favor. The charges ranged from murder, abetment to murder, to conspiracy to commit murder.

Prior to the court's ruling, the bereaved mother of Major Maxwell Mahama was captured, shedding incontrollable tears.

The aggrieved mother could not be consoled by relatives present when the court had taken a 30-minute break. It has been over six years since her son's unfortunate passing.

In court on Thursday, January 25, 2024, Patrick Anim Addo, counsel for the 13th and 14th accused, began his final address to the jury. The conclusion of his address was scheduled for Monday, January 29.

When the proceedings resumed on Monday, Justice Mariama Owusu, a Supreme Court Justice serving with additional responsibilities as a High Court judge, instructed that Counsel concludes his final address within the first hour. Subsequently, the court will summarize the entire trial for the jury to retire and return their verdict on the same day.

Out of the 14 individuals facing trial, three of them—Kofi Nyame (3rd Accused), Bismark Abanga (13th Accused), and Kwadwo Anima (14th Accused)—have chosen to waive their rights not to mount a defense.

On June 5, 2023, the lawyers representing the 13th and 14th Accused, led by Lawyer Patrick Anim Addo, waived their clients' rights to give evidence, indicating that they had no further evidence to present, and subsequently closed their case.

The accused individuals include William Baah (Assembly member of Denkyira-Obuasi), Bernard Asamoah (alias Daddy), Kofi Nyame (also known as Abortion), Charles Kwaning (a.k.a Akwasi Boah), Kwame Tuffour, Joseph Appiah Kubi, Michael Anim, Bismarck Donkor, John Bosie, Akwasi Asante, Charles Kwaning, Emmanuel Badu, Bismarck Abanga, and Kwadwo Anima.

While William Baah, the Assemblyman, pleaded not guilty to the charge of abetment, the remaining 13 individuals also denied charges of conspiracy to commit murder and murder. All of them are currently in lawful custody.