FG Wants Obi To Give Clarification On Leaked Audio Conversation

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, was today asked to clarify his position on a leaked audio of the conversation he allegedly had with the Founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo.

The request came from the Federal Government of Nigeria, FGN, through its Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

Speaking with journalists in London, Mohammed insisted that Obi should clarify what he meant by saying the leaked conversation was “a fake, doctored audio call”.

“I need to draw the attention of Nigerians to the recently leaked audio of the 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,” he said.

Mohammed, who further argued that in the aftermath of the leaked audio, Obi came out to say that it was “a fake, doctored audio call,” stated that ” 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?”

The Minister insisted that the leaked audio had corroborated the position that Obi’s electioneering campaign was based on religion and ethnicity.

He said this was the first time in the history of Nigeria’s elections that a politician would come out openly to campaign on grounds of religion and ethnicity.

“From the outcome of the presidential elections, you will see that Obi got his vote mostly from the areas where he comes from and his religious leaning.

”This is not good for the politics of Nigeria, and it is very dangerous.

“As a result of this kind of campaign, Nigeria is more divided than ever and people are being heard commenting either based on their religious position or ethnic origin.

”Many otherwise respected commentators are not left behind on the effect of this divisive politics,” he said.

All rights reserved. This material and other digital volumes on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from THE NEWS ACCELERATOR NETWORK.

For advert placement, please contact thenewsacceleratornetwork@gmail.com or 08033599492.