IN HONOUR OF A FALLEN NATIONAL HERO
Iddi Muhayu-Deen writes...
As
somebody who takes a lot of delight in writing, I have written tributes upon
tributes. I have also read a number of tributes. Yes, beautiful tributes, I
mean. But I tell you one thing, all my life, I have never come across a tribute
that is as beautiful and touching like the one read by the mother of the Late
Major Adam Mahama of blessed memory in honour of her son at the forecourt of
the state house in the early hours of Friday.
I
couldn't finish admiring that woman even as I shed
tears watching and listening to her read that touching and award winning
tribute in that difficult and sombre moment. I wonder how many men could
withstand that unenviable experience. But she had to someway somehow find
courage to do it for her son and she did it so impeccably.
Indeed no one can
love a son more than his mother. Even if you want to take everything and
everybody in this world for granted, let it NOT be your mother. They are
exceedingly special and would forever be. Treat them as such, and you would
have the blessing of both prosperity and posterity. Mothers would always be
mothers even in afterlife.
As for the late Army
Major, he may have died in the physical realm, but he would forever live in our
hearts and minds. He is a national hero and would forever be. He died a proud
man and for the love of his country. He had a very powerful gun with him and
could have easily shot and killed all his attackers. I say this because; Major
Adam Mahama graduated from the Military Academy as one of the best snipers
(shooters). He could have easily shot at them but he refused. While they were
trying to kill him, he was struggling to save the life of his killers. Such a
gallant hero!
I
wonder how many men could do that. Certainly, I could not. In fact, I would
have, in consonance with the widely accepted principle of self-defence, shot
and killed those heartless creatures in order to save my life. He who lives by
the sword must die by the sword. Also, he who takes life deserves no life. But
Major Adam Mahama chose to save the life of his killers and have himself, killed.
I'm sure that he chose to sacrifice his life in order to save the lives of many
others, including your life and my life.
Remember,
any of us could one day be mistaken for an armed robber and lynched. Any of us could
one day be seen as a threat to somebody's source of income and livelihood and
therefore get killed through the animal called MOB JUSTICE. Clearly, Major Adam
Mahama chose to die in order to send a clear message to the rest of Ghana to
start a national conversation on how to permanently end mob justice. And truly,
his demise has brought an overwhelming national spectacle on this deleterious
social canker called mob justice.
May
he not die in vain. Let it be said that his painful death indeed marks the end
of mob justice in our society. Let it be said that his death marks the end of
galamsey. I am very proud of this fallen national hero. And just like the
people who lived with the Yaa Asantewas; the Kwame Nkrumah’s; the J.B. Danquah’s;
I know very well that, one day, I shall say, with pride that, I lived in the
era of the Adam Mahamas. Rest in peace my brother and hero till me meet in the
Heavens.
Assalamu
alaikum
Iddi
Muhayu-Deen
#StopMobJusticeNow
#StopGalamseyNow
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