APC’s show of shame can’t stop us from reclaiming mandate – Peter Obi

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the 2023 presidential election has denied leaked audio recording of a telephone conversation between him and Bishop Oyedepo, the presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church.

He described this as a desperate act of the ruling All Progressives Congress who cannot stop being fraudulent because that is who they are.

The video which was alleged to have had Obi asking the cleric to mobilise support for him ahead of the election has been said to be fake and aimed at promoting religious tension in the country.

He also slammed the APC for the show of shame in Port Harcourt to the drama in the Ibom Air aircraft, where a passenger was forcefully removed for shouting Tinubu cannot be allowed to be sworn-in as president.

According to a statement released by Head, Obi Datti Media Office, Diran Onifade, in Abuja, on Sunday, April 2 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 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.”