The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has asked Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) and David Oyedepo, founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, to confirm or deny the authenticity of the viral leaked audio allegedly involving the duo.

In the audio clip, a voice similar to that of Obi can be heard asking Oyedepo to speak to the Christians in the south-west and Kwara to vote for him in the presidential poll, describing the election as a “religious war”.

So far, there have been conflicting statements regarding the authenticity of the tape from the LP.
The LP campaign council said the audio was a deep fake and accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of trying to demarket Obi.

The council said it was a plot to create a credibility problem for its candidate and had no other purpose than mischief. Valentine Obienyem, Obi’s media aide, also said the leaked audio of his principal’s conversation with Oyedepo was edited out of context. Kenneth Okonkwo, a spokesperson of the LP campaign, however, said the clip was authentic.

Okonkwo said “political criminals are trying to spin the conversation as if the LP candidate was making a religious comment” instead of seeing that “Obi was simply urging the Bishop to help him push this message of equal stake of all Nigerians in the Nigerian project to his people and the Christendom because the politicians of the other party are carrying on this campaign as if it is a religious war”.


While Obi is yet to address the controversy, Oyedepo said he has never and will not campaign for any political candidate.The cleric neither confirmed nor denied that the conversation took place.

“CONFIRM OR DENY IN THREE DAYS”

In a statement issued on Wednesday, Ishaq Akintola, MURIC executive director, asked the duo to speak up on the authenticity of the viral clip now dubbed “Yes Daddy”. Akintola said the call was made so as to give the duo a fair hearing before interrogating the content of the audio.

“The leaked audio tape of a conversation between the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi and the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, has gone viral,” the statement reads.

“In the leaked telephone conversation which occurred on the eve of the February 25, 2023, presidential election, Peter Obi was heard saying, ‘Yes Daddy’ to every remark made by the bishop. The LP presidential candidate called the election a ‘religious war’ to which the bishop replied ‘I believe that’. Peter Obi also told the bishop, ‘Like I keep saying if this works, you people will never regret the support.’

“MURIC urges the duo of LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi and the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, to confirm or deny the authenticity of the leaked audio tape within three days.

“#SpeakUpPeterObiOyedepo #AdmitOrDenyIn3Days.”

“I will continue to show openly and inside me the total commitment to the Sharia movement that is sweeping all over Nigeria”, God willing, we will not stop the agitation for the total implementation of the Sharia in the country”

....The spread of Sharia is ‘’a legal responsibility which God has given us, within the context of one Nigeria to continue to uphold the practice of Sharia whole-heartedly and to educate non-Muslims.

What remains for muslims in Nigeria is for them to redouble their efforts,educate muslims on the need to promote the full implementation of sharia law” Buhari has made his advocacy for sharia clear, those who wish to vote him to power can either accept it or pretend that it does not matter, 
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/insurgency-buharis-call-full-sharia/

"Boko Haram should lay their arms unconditionally, be accepted in the community and rehabilitated.

An ex Boko Haram having laid his arms stands to be a president of this country. He stands to aspire to any position in this country.

A leading All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, has denied endorsing a Muslim-Muslim ticket. Tinubu said the text message being circulated at the Eagles Square, the venue of APC Special Convention, was false.

He noted that the text messages were the handiwork of shameless, desperate, and misguided individuals.Tinubu’s denial was contained in a statement signed by his Media Office, and posted on his verified Twitter handle.

The message reads: “We have been informed of text messages aimed at APC delegates purportedly from Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, other candidates and party officials making various false claims about Asiwaju and the primary process.

“We have been informed of a text message going around APC delegates at Eagles Square in Abuja purportedly from Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu claiming that with his imminent victory at the APC presidential primary and emergence as the party’s presidential candidate, the APC leader has now decided on a Muslim-Muslim ticket.

This is nothing but a lie, it has no basis whatsoever.We enjoin the distinguished delegates to ignore this completely. The fake text message is a ploy by some undemocratic elements to confuse and hoodwink delegates sensing that Asiwaju àTinubu is comfortably coasting home to victory.

“There is no truth whatsoever in any of these messages. They are lies perpetrated by shameless, desperate and misguided individuals and should be ignored as such.”

Following criticisms that greeted his choice of former governor of Borno State, Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate, the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Wednesday, said he had made the hard choice.

In a statement on his verified Twitter handle, the former governor of Lagos State averred that he made the hard choice because he believed it was the best choice.

Recall that some Christians and Muslims have condemned his choice of Shettima, noting that he trampled on ‘democratic balancing’. Yesterday APC Muslim youths rejected his choice of Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate, advising him to replace the former governor of Borno with a Christian political leader or cleric from the North.

Clearing himself in a statement via Twitter handle, Jagaban opined: “This chapter in our nation’s history demands a bold yet pragmatic approach.“In selecting Senator Shettima I have committed myself to this path. I have made the hard choice because I believe it is the best choice.

“Together, we shall build this party and this nation. This is where politics must end and leadership must begin.

“True leadership is not grounded in religious pandering, populism or sentiment. To forge ahead as a nation towards development and prosperity, we must, instead, break the shackles of old thinking.”

MASTAkiLLAh:
What happens after three days ? Does MURIC want to go on a rampage ?

LegendHero:


Yes just like IPOB terrorists.

At least with how you guys accuse MURIC daily, we’ve not seen cases where they pick up arm against the Nigerian state. But same cannot be said of IPOB terrorists tho.

LegendHero:


Yes just like IPOB terrorists.

At least with how you guys accuse MURIC daily, we’ve not seen cases where they pick up arm against the Nigerian state. But same cannot be said of IPOB terrorists tho.