Mr. Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 Election, has firmly stated that a purported audio recording of a telephone conversation between him and the Presiding Bishop,
Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo, is fake. He strongly refuted the claims made in the audio recording and said that it was a product of the endless fabrication and forgeries that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is notorious for.
In response to the trending audio recording of the alleged conversation between him and the influential Christian cleric, Obi spoke through the Head of the Obi Datti Media Office, Diran Onifade, in Abuja, on Sunday. He expressed his disappointment with APC’s desperate bid to grab and retain power using subterfuge, which he believes must stop.
Obi accused the APC of refusing to let go of power even after the election has been won by engaging in endless mischief and subterfuge. He cited examples of the show of shame in Portharcourt and the drama in the Ibom Air aircraft, both of which he believes were contrived by the APC. Now, they have moved to the circulation of a deep fake audio file aimed at promoting religious tension in the country, which he believes is meant to serve no other purpose than egregious mischief aimed at demarketing Peter Obi.
Despite these efforts, Obi reiterated that he has long been on record as the only presidential candidate who has urged the Nigerian electorate not to vote for him on the basis of religion or tribe. He urged Nigerians to remain focused on the task of taking back the mandate they know was freely given to him and Datti Baba-Ahmed through legitimate means.
He also advised Nigerians to not be distracted by those who ran election on forged credentials and even fake Bishops, as he believes they cannot stop being fraudulent because that is who they are. In summary, Obi believes that the audio recording is fake and is just another example of the APC’s notorious use of fabrication and forgeries to gain and retain power.
