STATEMENT: Ignore Fabricated Ramatu Story

The attention of the office of the Vice-President has been drawn to stories and pictures circulating of a woman supposedly named “Ramatu” who is being claimed as a wife of the Vice-President.

The office of the Vice-President wishes to inform the general public that the Vice-President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has never met or seen this purported Ramatu let alone take her as a wife. She is a figment of the imagination of people trying hard to tarnish the image of the Vice-President for their own purposes.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Vice- President has only one wife, his dear Samira Bawumia and they have been married for 17 years  even though his religion permits him to marry up to four wives. 

We ask the public to ignore the propaganda and deliberate falsehood.

—Signed—

Gideon Boako, Ph.D

Spokesperson to the Vice President