According to former special prosecutor Martin Amidu, Dr. Bawumia's admission of defeat as the incumbent presidential candidate prior to the official announcement of the Electoral Commission's results is not unprecedented in the Fourth Republic. He claims that in the 2000 runoff election, John Evans Atta Mills, the late former president of Ghana and the National Democratic Congress's vice presidential and presidential candidate, did the same.
The general public's belief that Dr. Bawumia is the first vice president in Ghanaian history to admit defeat is untrue, he noted. Prior to Dr. Afari Gyan, the then-chairman of the Electoral Commission, announcing the results on December 30, 2000, Dr. Martin Amidu stressed that the late Pro. Mills voluntarily conceded loss to John Agyekum Kufuor on December 29, 2000.