By our Reporter
Mr Peter Obi,Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) and Presidential Campaign Council have described as ‘faked and doctored’ the leaked audio of the conversation between Obi and Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of Living Faith Church.
In a separate Statements, they also threatened to take legal action against a newspaper, People’s Gazette, which first published the audio.
Obi made his stance known in a series of tweets Wednesday night.
“Let me reiterate that the audio call being circulated is fake, and at no time throughout the campaign and now did I ever say, think, or even imply that the 2023 election is, or was a religious war,” he wrote.
The opposition candidate alleged that there was an attempt to manipulate Nigerians against him.
“The attempts to manipulate Nigerians is very sad and wicked. Our legal team have been instructed to take appropriate legal actions against Peoples Gazette and others.”
Also, in a statement issued by Tanko Yunusa, the chief spokesperson of the Obi-Datti Campaign Council on Wednesday, it described the leaked audio in circulation as a “fake doctored audio call”.
It emphasised that at no time throughout the campaign did Mr Obi ever describe the 2023 election as a religious war.
“As part of the grand design, they are circulating a fake doctored audio call. At no time throughout the campaign did Mr Peter Obi ever say, think or even imply that the 2023 election is or was a religious war. It is very sad and wicked the attempts to manipulate Nigerians,” Mr Yunusa wrote.
“Our legal team has been instructed to take appropriate legal actions against Peoples Gazette and others.”
It would be recalled that Mr Kenneth Okonkwo, Spokesman to Labour party and Peter obi had earlier said there is nothing wrong in canvassing of votes when the audio was released and he said that is what Mr Peter Obi has done.