Peter Obi has stated that the audio of his chat with Bishop David Oyedepo of the Winners Chapel has been doctored.
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the February 25 election, has claimed he has asked his legal team to file a lawsuit against Peoples Gazette, a media site that broadcast leaked audio between him and Winners Chapel Bishop David Oyedepo.
What Peter Obi had to say about the leaked tape of Oyedepo, APC, and Lai Mohammed
On Wednesday, March 5, in response to the leaked recording, the former governor of Anambra state argued that it was doctored and accused the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government of attempting to damage his reputation.
Obi claimed that the APC is attempting to divert his and his supporters’ attention away from reclaiming his allegedly stolen mandate in three ways.
He cited a “malicious accusation” by Lai Mohammed, the minister of information and culture, the leaked audio where he was heard begging the cleric to mobilise votes for him and saying “yes daddy” throughout the call.
The Labour Party candidate also claimed that the APC and the federal government are mounting pressure on him to leave the country and stop fighting the outcome of the February 25 presidential election.
Recall that after the leaked audio, on Saturday, April 1, Obi took a break from Twitter but returned on Tuesday, April 4, to respond to Mohammed’s allegation of felony and neither denied nor confirmed the authenticity of the leaked audio.
However, Obi returned to the microblogging space and denied the audio, disclosing that his legal team would take necessary action against it.
His statement reads in part:
“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.”
See the tweet here:
I continue to thank all Nigerians, especially the youths and the Obidients, as they have remained focused on the core mission of a New Nigeria that is POssible even after the February 25, 2023 presidential election.
— Peter Obi (@PeterObi) April 5, 2023