Former President, John Mahama has criticised the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) following its recent media encounter.

He accused the party's flagbearer, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia of spreading lies and delivering an incoherent speech during the event.

During his tour of the Greater Accra Region, Mr Mahama accused the NPP of harbouring devious intentions, adding that their media engagement was an attempt to divert attention from the NDC’s manifesto launch.

“When you do something with a devious intention, it backfires on you. We announced that we were going to launch our manifesto on the 24th of August. 

“Immediately, our opponents announced that they were going to do a media encounter on the 25th of August, the very next day. You know, the intention for doing that media encounter the next day after we had announced our manifesto was to turn the attention of Ghanaians from the NDC manifesto. 

“That was the main reason that they decided to do a media encounter the very next day after we launched our manifesto. But you see when you do something with devious intentions, it backfires on you,” he said.

The former president further claimed that everything the Vice President said at the event was a lie.

“You know how to tell when somebody is lying. If there are people who are smooth talkers, the time when they become stammerers and they start stammering, you know they are lying. 

"Somebody who can speak…suddenly… the person started stammering, and you can't tell the head or tail. The fundamentals are weak. And so you must do things with truthful intention and the basic principle of leadership is truth and honesty," he stressed.

Mr Mahama added that if someone wants to be a good leader, they must be truthful and honest with Ghanaians, noting that the NDC would always speak the truth.