Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, responds to the alleged leaked audio with Peter Obi, stating that he has never campaigned or endorsed any political party in Nigeria.
This comes on the heels of a viral audio recording purportedly between the preacher and Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi.
David Oyedepo revealed during his sermon at the church’s headquarters that during the recent general elections, he provided prayer and counsel to all political parties, but never solicited votes, as claimed in the voice recording.
“I don’t speak what people want to hear; I speak what God tells me to say. That is why some people are very angry with me. Nobody has ever told me what to say in this world. No.
“I have never campaigned for anybody or speak on anybody’s behalf and I will not do that till I go to heaven, Amen. There is no party in this country that didn’t come to me for prayers and for advice.
“I advised them, some they don’t take. Those who chose to take it, they see results. Those who said no, they are going about it (laughs). “If you still come again, I will still tell you, it doesn’t change,” he stated.
“Endless forgeries from APC” — Obi’s campaign team denies leaked audio with Oyedepo
A leaked audio tape of Bishop David Oyedepo, the founding pastor of Living Faith Church Worldwide (Winners’ Chapel), and their presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has been denied by the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council.
The recording, which leaked on the evening of April 1, 2023, allegedly shows Obi and Oyedepo talking about how to get Christian voters out to the polls in the South-West and in regions of the North-Central states like Kwara, Kogi, and Niger.
The leaked audio conversation was described as a typical instance of the numerous fabrications that the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) is notorious for by Diran Onifade, Head of Media and Communications for the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council.
Obi’s Campaign Team on Leaked Audio with Oyedepo
“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 Port Harcourt 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 Nigerians 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.”
