Leaked ‘Yes Daddy’ Audio: Peter Obi Finally Confesses To Phoning, Begging Bishop Oyedepo, Denies Saying ‘Religious War’

Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the Labour Derive collectively Presidential Campaign Council, Kenneth Okonkwo, had confirmed that the audio modified into once decent.

The presidential candidate of the Labour Derive collectively (LP), Peter Obi, has admitted having a non-public cell phone conversation with the founding father of the Residing Religion Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo earlier than the 2023 long-established elections.

Obi, who made the admission on Monday while that comprises on Arise News interview, however, denied tagging the no longer too long in the past concluded presidential election a “non secular war.”

The audio had trended when it modified into once published by an online newspaper, Peoples Gazette.

SaharaReporters had reported that in the leaked cell phone conversation, Oyedepo prayed for Obi, saying, “In Jesus’ title, we are going to acquire a brilliant the following day,” with Obi replying by saying, “After I hear these prayers, it is terribly dear to me and like I build saying, if this component works, you of us may maybe presumably maybe no longer ever remorse the make stronger.”

Continuing the conversation, Oyedepo had stated, “We sit down up for God’s intervention,” to which Obi responded by saying, “Thanks, Daddy. I could maybe presumably presumably like you to be in contact to your of us in the Southwest and Kwara. The Christians in the Southwest and Kwara.” Bishop Oyedepo stated: “K.”

Obi had persevered by saying, “This is a non secular war,” with Oyedepo responding immediately, “I deem you, I deem that. You understand, I did a originate, ‘Nigeria going forward’ and I’m coming out with the second at the present time.”

On Monday, responding to a search facts from on the leaked audio conversation, Obi stated, “Call it whatever you adore to bear to call it. Whatever anybody needs to manufacture of it. I am no longer a non secular bigot. Kind you deem I can merely decide a cell phone and issue ‘non secular war’?

“No, I modified into once even begging the bishop to abet me question his of us to vote, which modified into once what I modified into once doing for six months – begging. I wasn’t saying ‘acquire him’, ‘raze him’, ‘power it’. I modified into once even begging. That reveals that I persevered to peek for votes by begging. There were so many issues we tried to form but they weren’t ample.

“Let me repeat you. These who were attempting to manipulate Nigerians were doing it. But it is coming to an stop. The of us they’ve been manipulating are dying of hunger. They may maybe presumably rapidly know who’s the non secular or tribal bigot. I am no longer one. I actually bear merely given you an example of how I built mosques. Till at the present time, no non-Muslim governor has sent extra of us to Mecca than me.

“I can by no blueprint issue it (ballot) is a non secular war. Because it is no longer. There modified into once a conversation.  But I by no blueprint stated it modified into once a non secular war. What for? I am surrounded by of us. If there modified into once ever an instance the build the presidential candidate and his deputy work as brothers, it is me and Datti. And I do know and we by no blueprint pause talking about it.

“For the principle time in the history of Nigeria, we bear now a presidential candidate, operating mate and acquire collectively chairman who were born after Nigeria’s Independence. We have to always set this nation and he (Datti) is aware of my dedication to it. I can’t form all these with the background of non secular war.”

Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the Labour Derive collectively Presidential Campaign Council, Kenneth Okonkwo, had confirmed that the audio modified into once decent.

He stated the ruling All Progressives Congress modified into once attempting to divert of us’s attention from his (Peter Obi’s) “stolen mandate”.

He had stated, “The fresh makes an attempt by the APC as a Derive collectively, and the APC Led-govt by strategy of some govt officials and companies to divert our attention from our blatantly stolen mandate is unhappy and unhappy.

“These bear reach and persevered to manifest in assorted ways, equivalent to the malicious accusation of the Minister of Recordsdata, Mr Lai Mohammed, the circulation of a faux doctored audio call, and a stress on me to head away the nation.”

“Sooner than, throughout, and after the selling campaign, it is on chronicle that I actually bear maintained my dedication and heart of attention on space-basically based fully marketing campaign about a Novel Nigeria that is POssible, a shift of emphasis from consumption to production, a Novel Nigeria characterised by inclusion, justice, equity, equity, and prosperity.

“I regularly stated that no one have to vote for me basically based fully on Tribe or Religion, but rather on the evaluate of Personality, Competence, Ability, Credibility, and Compassion that may maybe presumably maybe be depended on to manufacture a Novel Nigeria!” he added.

Also, Obi had threatened to rob the topic to court docket and sue those spreading his leaked audio.

“It’s most unhappy that these fixed efforts to sing me rather contrary to what I am, and my core values, is coming from such excessive quarters. Minister Lai accusing me of stoking revolt is fully malicious and fictitious.

“I actually bear by no blueprint talked about or encouraged anybody to undermine the Nigerian state; I actually bear by no blueprint sponsored or preached any motion in opposition to the Nigerian state. These initiating these actions bear extra and extra ragged their decent positions and agents to manufacture false allegations in opposition to me.”

“I am on chronicle as always, advocating for peace and space-basically based fully marketing campaign and by no blueprint campaigned basically based fully on ethnicity or religion. I am dedicated to due course of, and currently searching for redress in the Court.”

“I assist those engaged in this demarketing course of to pause presenting Nigeria in such imperfect gentle. Our future generations deserve a original Nigeria, the build they’re going to are residing a actual and first rate life like their counterparts in other climes. It’s that that you just may maybe presumably maybe factor in,” the statement added.