{"id":15451,"date":"2023-07-23T08:09:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T07:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=15451"},"modified":"2023-07-22T17:58:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T16:58:51","slug":"former-vice-president-did-not-accuse-president-weah-of-selling-kush-to-young-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/former-vice-president-did-not-accuse-president-weah-of-selling-kush-to-young-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Vice President did not accuse President Weah of selling \u2018Kush\u2019 to young people"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim: Vice chairman of Liberia Anti Corruption Commission Kanio Bai Gbala says he heard the former vice president in a viral video in Bong County accusing President Weah of selling Kush to young people.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Verdict: Misleading! DUBAWA\u2019s in-depth investigation and analysis of the video referenced by\u00a0Mr Bai Gbala do not support the claim.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Text<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It is not yet a campaign period, but Liberian politicians and their supporters have hit the ground running with allegations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest of the claims is said by the outgoing vice chairman at Liberia Anti Corruption Commission, Cllr Kanio Bai Gbala<\/a>, who told the OK Conversation<\/a> that a major opposition candidate Joseph Boakai<\/a> recently accused the president of being a kush<\/a> peddler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kanio made the particular assertion on the show at about one hour thirty-three (1:33:33sec) in the programme discussion.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said before a crowd of supporters in Bong County that the former VP also accused the Liberian leader of selling kush to young people in Liberia, making him a drug dealer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Former Vice President goes to Gbarnga, Bong County, to a political rally and makes an allegation that President Weah is the one selling Kush to young people, labelling the sitting President of this country as being a drug dealer is something to look at,\u201d said Bai Gbala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The claimant\u2019s disclosure comes at a time when the intake of drugs among young people has become a call for a national emergency. The government of Liberia recently failed to win a major US$100 million drug case against some foreign nationals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The country was used as a transit for cocaine, and it took the U.S. government intelligence to expose the drug bust. The ensuing court case from the incident was poorly litigated by the government, leading to a defeat.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So when Cllr Kanio Bai Gbala, an ally to the President, revealed on radio against opposition politician Joseph Boakai about drug trade linking president Weah, DUBAWA took an interest in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verification<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It was established that during this month, the opposition Unity Party standard bearer Joseph Boakai went to Bong County as part of his ongoing county tour to the 15 counties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA decided to demand from the claimant evidence of his allegation against the president, as seen in the following screenshots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A screenshot of the conversation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In furtherance to queries from DUBAWA, he provided a video and link to a story<\/a> in which the former vice president spoke on Liberia\u2019s drug issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These were the exact words of the former vice president in the video which Kanio sent as a reply to DUBAWA on the drug claim, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInstead of paving roads, instead of giving them education, they say we should give them Kush, and this is the time to push Kush out and bring development to this country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA\u2019s assessment of the video in Bong County showed<\/a> that the former VP did mention Kush, but at no point did he mention the president selling it to citizens, as claimed by Kanio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After a rigorous assessment of the claim, it is apparent that the former vice president did not accuse the president of selling kush. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claim: Vice chairman of Liberia Anti Corruption Commission Kanio Bai Gbala says he heard the former vice president in a viral video in Bong County accusing President Weah of selling Kush to young people. Verdict: Misleading! DUBAWA\u2019s in-depth investigation and analysis of the video referenced by\u00a0Mr Bai Gbala do not support the claim.\u00a0 Full Text It is not yet a campaign period, but Liberian politicians and their supporters have hit the ground running with allegations. The latest of the claims is said by the outgoing vice chairman at Liberia Anti Corruption Commission, Cllr Kanio Bai Gbala, who told the OK Conversation that a major opposition candidate Joseph Boakai recently accused the president of being a kush peddler. Kanio made the particular assertion on the show at about one hour thirty-three (1:33:33sec) in the programme discussion. He said before a crowd of supporters in Bong County that the former VP also accused the Liberian leader of selling kush to young people in Liberia, making him a drug dealer. \u201cThe Former Vice President goes to Gbarnga, Bong County, to a political rally and makes an allegation that President Weah is the one selling Kush to young people, labelling the sitting President of this country as being a drug dealer is something to look at,\u201d said Bai Gbala. The claimant\u2019s disclosure comes at a time when the intake of drugs among young people has become a call for a national emergency. The government of Liberia recently failed to win a major US$100 million drug case against some foreign nationals.  The country was used as a transit for cocaine, and it took the U.S. government intelligence to expose the drug bust. The ensuing court case from the incident was poorly litigated by the government, leading to a defeat.   So when Cllr Kanio Bai Gbala, an ally to the President, revealed on radio against opposition politician Joseph Boakai about drug trade linking president Weah, DUBAWA took an interest in it. Verification It was established that during this month, the opposition Unity Party standard bearer Joseph Boakai went to Bong County as part of his ongoing county tour to the 15 counties. DUBAWA decided to demand from the claimant evidence of his allegation against the president, as seen in the following screenshots. In furtherance to queries from DUBAWA, he provided a video and link to a story in which the former vice president spoke on Liberia\u2019s drug issue. These were the exact words of the former vice president in the video which Kanio sent as a reply to DUBAWA on the drug claim,  \u201cInstead of paving roads, instead of giving them education, they say we should give them Kush, and this is the time to push Kush out and bring development to this country.\u201d DUBAWA\u2019s assessment of the video in Bong County showed that the former VP did mention Kush, but at no point did he mention the president selling it to citizens, as claimed by Kanio. Conclusion After a rigorous assessment of the claim, it is apparent that the former vice president did not accuse the president of selling kush. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1571,121,1960],"tags":[],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[3777],"class_list":["post-15451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-check","category-health","category-liberia"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-41d","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":3777,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"varney-dukuly","display_name":"Varney Dukuly","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/kanio.jpg?fit=1116%2C1600&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15453,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15451\/revisions\/15453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15451"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=15451"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=15451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}