A tearful mother, whose son ran "for his life" amid an 'ongoing reprisal attacks' by the military in Denkyira Obuase,  has expressed worries over his whereabouts.

Hussein Ali,36, left his Denkyira Obuase hometown after the military went on rampage in retaliation over the grisly killing of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama in May last year.

But his complete lack of communication  with the family has left them "disturbed".

"His friends were among  those arrested and brutalized by the soldiers after  the unfortunate incidence happened,"  57-year-old Fulaira Salifu said.

"Though I was aware his decision to leave this community ,not hearing from him for the past 15 months leaves me sleepless and confused."

Denkyira Obuase attracted global attention in May  last year when some residence mob-lynched a military man who was on his early morning jogging.

Captain  Mahama, who was posthumously promoted to the rank of Major, was stoned and clobbered after the residents mistook him for an armed robber. He was later torched.

News of his murder emerged as a shock to Ghanaians and it provoked major discussions on acts of mob injustice in the country.

Days later, Denkyira Obuase was turned into  a ghost town after some  military men  invaded the farming

community in search of perpetrators of the killing.

Some of the youths were held hostage by the revengeful military, a move that forced most of the youth to flee the town.

Out of the over 35 people initially arrested in connection with the killing, 14 are now standing trial after the others were discharged by an Accra High Court.

According to Madam Fulaira, even after a year, things do not look normal as there have been strings of subtle attacks from the military, which still leaves the town in utter fear.

"Even as I complain about the whereabouts of my son, there have been secrete killings of some young men in this town, which is inexplicable," she said.

"All is still not well in this town, the retaliatory attacks does not seem to be over.

"Fear and panic still hang and it is difficult for those who fled in fear of make a return to this area."

In an interview with ghanaguardian.com Madam Fuleira said she  only heard from Ali in the early weeks of his flee.

Despite having a strong conviction that Ali is alive, she said she is anxious to know her sons whereabouts.

"Am much more concerned  about his whereabouts, that is all I want to know,"Fulaira  said.

"He called in the early days he left us, telling me all is well and he was going to call me later.

"I tried calling his line days later and it was said to have been switched off

"Though he was not linked to the crime, leaving this town  was necessary because we were all living in fear and did not know who could be the next person to be victimised by the angry military."

According to the widow and a mother of 4, most of the youth who fled the town in fear are yet to return as the relationship between the military and the residence of the community remains sullied.

In  a move to show remorse of their act, the traditional leaders of Denkyira-Obuasi have  changed the town's name to  New Obuase.

But madam Fulaira argues that  the town still remains scarred by the unfortunate incident, adding that  "residence  are still not safe as military brutalities  continue at the blind side of the Central Government."

Source:ghanaguardian.com