DCE suspended over Capt. Mahama’s killing

DCE suspended over Capt. Mahama’s killingl

President Nana Akufo-Addo has suspended the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Upper Denkyira West, Daniel Apiannin, following the murder of Captain Maxwell Mahama.

The decision to suspend him today [Thursday] *June 1, 2017, was confirmed by the Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Hajia Alima Mahama.l

The President has directed that we do some investigations on the matter and on his [Daniel Apiannin] conduct and report. In the interim, he is to hand over his duties to the Deputy Regional Minister [Thomas Agyei Baffour]. Therefore, for now, he has been suspended,” the minister stated.

Hajia Mahama noted that that investigation will cover_ _*“the recent events and what happened in the press – his utterances and all that.

_“We need to have a good view on that, find out what happened and thereafter, we will look at his actions and decide whether he should be relieved of his position. But in the interim, he is on suspension.”_

_According to the Minister, the decision is necessary to allow for investigations into the claims by the DCE, as well as the ongoing probe into the gruesome killing of the military officer._

_The DCE had made comments suggesting that the deceased and his colleagues were in the area to protect illegal Chinese miners, contrary to the police and the Military High Command’s claims that they were rather in the area on an anti-galamsey mission._

_The DCE’s comments, which angered many, was seen as a justification for the dastardly act by the angry youth, who claim to have lynched the officer because they thought he was an armed robber._