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Anti-corruption activist and media personality, Captain Smart has admitted that he and two other senior journalists in Ghana undermined John Dramani Mahama during the 2016 election campaign.
Captain Smart claimed they spread lies and misinformation in order to project Nana Akufo Addo and help him win the election, which he claimed went off without a hitch.
Kwami Sefa Kayi and Paul Adom Otchere, both NPP lawyers, were listed as the principal architects of the propaganda machine, according to him.
He went on to say that it wasn’t until after the election that he realized most of what he said about Mahama prior to the 2016 election was incorrect.
“I was one of the people who was serious (spreading lies against Mahama) … the lies we told against Mahama in this country were not small lies, Paul Adom Otchere was part. We said Mahama had a house in Dubai… that he had gold (concessions); you (Adom Otchere) were part of those of us who were spreading lies about Mahama with your frivolous analysis.
“Myself, you (Adom Otchere), Sefa (Kwami Sefa Kayi) and all the NPP lawyers must fast for 21 days and beg for God’s forgiveness… When we came to power, I decided to investigate these claims against Mahama and realised that all the information you (NPP journalist) were feeding us were lies; you took money to spread,” he said in Twi during his Maakye Show on Onua TV.
Most NPP (New Patriotic Party) members anticipated Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to perform as well as ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor, but they were all dissatisfied, according to Captain Smart.
“… if you compare Nana Addo’s performance to John Dramani Mahama, he (Akufo-Addo) will not even get 1 out of 100,” he said.
