Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has revealed that his campaign team opposed his decision to concede defeat in the December 7 election.
Speaking to a gathering of party supporters at his residence on Thursday, December 26, 2024, Dr. Bawumia indicated that he was concerned about preserving Ghana’s peace and stability, hence his decision to concede early.
“So, even though the Electoral Commission had not yet pronounced [the winner], in fact some of my people in my team were saying, ‘You can’t go out to concede; we don’t know if all this data is right; let’s wait. But I said, Look, we know this data is right from our own system.
“You know, so if you wait, you build up more tension, and violence could come because people would think we are trying to rig the election because that is the message that was coming, that we were trying to rig the election.
“But nobody has ever conceded an election without the EC coming out to pronounce, and I said there is a first time for everything.”
Dt. Bawumia has been commended for conceding defeat on December 8, 2024, ahead of the official declaration by the Electoral Commission (EC).
He lost the election to President-elect John Dramani, who secured 6,328,397 votes, representing 56.55% of the valid votes cast.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana