Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, has warned that he is under pressure to leave the country.
Obi, who finished third in the presidential election to Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Party (APC), filed a case to overturn the results.
Nonetheless, several allegations have been leveled against Obi, ranging from making statements inciting violence, which the minister of communication, Mr Lai Mohammed, has branded as treasonous.
A viral audio tape of him allegedly describing the 2023 presidential elections as a holy war has recently went popular on social media.
A viral audio tape also recently hit social media where he was alleged to describe the 2023 presidential polls as a religious war.
In his tweet on Wednesday, April 5, Obi said:
“These have come and continued to manifest in different ways, such as the malicious accusation of the Minister of Information, Mr Lai Mohammed, the circulation of a fake doctored audio call, and a pressure on me to leave the country.”
Meanwhile, Obi fiercely disputed the supposed audio tape, claiming that he was not the person in question and that it was another attempt to mislead well-meaning Nigerians into accepting a propaganda and blackmail campaign aimed at him.
He tweeted:
“Let me reiterate that the audio call being circulated is fake, and at no time throughout the campaign and now did I ever say, think, or even imply that the 2023 election is, or was a religious war
“The attempts to manipulate Nigerians is very sad and wicked. Our legal team have been instructed to take appropriate legal actions against Peoples Gazette and others.”