Labor Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi has accused the All-Progressive Congress (APC) of supporting propaganda to discredit him.
This is believed to be in response to an alleged recording of a conversation between him and the Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church (Chapel of the Winners) David Oyedepo.
The recording alleges that Obi, on the eve of the presidential election, asked Bishop Oyedepo to rally church support for him.
Obi, through a statement by the head of Obi Datti’s communications office, Diran Onifade, in Abuja on Sunday, said the sly plan of those behind the tape could not be carried out.
While accusing the Party of being unrepentant in funding fake news and propaganda, he said that the APC wanted to maintain power by distributing fake audio files about him. However, the former governor of Anambra state said he is undeterred and remains focused on reclaiming the powers granted to him by Nigeria through constitutional means.
He said that unlike the APC flaunting fake certificates and even fake bishops, the Labor Party has always urged Nigerians not to vote based on ethnicity, religion, or other sentiments.
He said:-
“It appears the All Progressives Congress’ desperation to grab and retain power by foul means has refused to go away more than a month after they have grabbed the election as they planned.
“While we are toeing the constitutional path to retrieve our mandate, those who have truncated the wishes of the majority of Nigerians have recoursed to mischief and endless subterfuge to continue to hold on to what they know does not belong to them.
“From the show of shame in Portharcourt to the drama in the Ibom Air aircraft, both of which they contrived, they have now moved to the circulation of a deep fake audio file aimed at promoting religious tension in the country.
“All these are meant to serve no other purpose than egregious mischief aimed at demarketing Peter Obi. If the goal is to create a credibility problem, the ploy has failed woefully.
“Peter Obi 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.
“We will therefore like to advice our beloved Nigerian people to remain focused on the task to take back the mandate we know was freely given to Peter Obi and Datti Baba-Ahmed through legitimate means.
“That is more important than to expect those who ran election on forged credentials and even fake Bishops to stop faking. They cannot stop being fraudulent because that is who they are.”
