Claim: A stalwart of the former ruling Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), Benedict Kolubah, in a social media post, alleged that CDC obtained 37% of the votes in Lofa County.
Verdict: False! Data from the National Elections Commission show that CDC received less than 37% of the vote in Lofa County.
Full Text
A stalwart of the former ruling Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), Benedict Kolubah claimed the CDC received 37% of the vote in Lofa County.
Benedict Kolubah is a former Assistant Minister at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning. The same claim was also made on an online platform, The Voice of Lofa.
The post generated 111 likes, 94 comments, and 1 share.
DUBAWA decided to conduct a fact-check as part of our mandate to counter misinformation and disinformation and to promote truth-telling in public discourse.
Verification
Our researcher reviewed statistics from the National Elections Commission’s official website. The statistics show that the CDC candidate, former President George Weah, obtained 35,951 votes in Lofa County, representing 27.37% of the votes in the County during the General Presidential Election.
Statistics from the National Elections Commission for the 2023 Run-off Election also show that CDC obtained 41,298 votes in Lofa County, representing 35.4% of the total.
Conclusion
According to statistics on the National Elections Commission’s official website, the claim is false.