Dr. Kabiru Mahama, a member of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s campaign team, has defended the National Patriotic Party’s flagbearer candidate against charges of lying.
Dr. Mahama stated that statements referring to the Vice President as a liar are “extremely sad and far-fetched,” because Dr. Bawumia has always spoken by citing reports on the themes on which he is talking.
He emphasised that Dr. Bawumia is “not a superhuman” and can occasionally make incorrect claims, but this cannot be directly linked to him when referring to a cited document.
Dr. Mahama stated on The Big Issue on Citi TV and Citi FM that there is a team that fact-checks every document that the Vice President uses in his remarks.
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“The Vice President can get statements wrong because he is not a superhuman, but he speaks on data available to him and so let’s say if for example, I go to cite a UN report that is indicting a particular administration and I say according to so-and-so, it doesn’t mean I am the one who has lied and so if there is a lie, it is the misinformation that is coming from the sourced document.
“However, the Vice President has never said anything that has not been fact-checked by the team before he delivers his speech. I have always dared anyone to give a single example of something that the Vice President has said that is not true. For instance, if he promises to deliver something that is a government promise, the fact that it has not been completed does not mean that it is a lie. The Vice President will never mention anything that he is not sure about.”
