The Federal Government has said the Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has more questions to answer on the leaked audio involving him and Bishop Oyedepo
By Emma Ogbuehi
The Federal Government has said the Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has more questions to answer on the leaked audio involving him and founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the assertion in a press briefing in London. The minister challenged Obi to clarify his allegation that the leaked conversation was fake.
Obi had dismissed the controversial audio recording of his call to the cleric, alleging that it was fake and accused the Federal Government of spreading lies against him.
The Minister however insisted that the LP flag bearer has more explanations to make on the matter.
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“I need to draw the attention of Nigerians to the recent leaked audio of conversation between the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and the cleric.
“The leaked audio rattled Nigerians because we heard Obi pleading with the cleric to interfere on his behalf to convince Christians that this is a religious war and they should support him. In the aftermath of the leaked audio, Obi came out to say that it was a fake, doctored audio call.
“If it is fake, it means it never took place. But if it is doctored, it means there was that conversation but it was manipulated. Obi needs to come out and make the clarification on whether the conversation did not take place or it took place, but it was doctored.
“If it was doctored, which part of it was doctored? Is it the beginning, the middle or the end or is it the ‘Yes Daddy’ part of it, or where he said it was a religious war?”
Mohammed said the leaked audio had corroborated the position that Obi’s electioneering campaign was based on religion and ethnicity.
The Minister had earlier accused Obi, and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Ahmed, of inciting people to violence over the outcome of the February 25 presidential elections.
“Obi and his Vice, Datti-Ahmed, cannot be threatening Nigerians that if the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is sworn in on May 29, it will be the end of democracy in Nigeria. This is treason. You cannot be inviting insurrection, and this is what they are doing”, he had alleged.
Obi had in his reaction, dismissed the allegations by the Minister, describing them as fictitious and malicious. He said; “I am on record, as always, advocating peace and issue-based campaign, not a campaign based on ethnicity or religion. I am committed to due process and presently seeking redress in court”. He asked the Minister to desist from de-marketing the country abroad.