“I have never advocated for any political candidate”- Bishop Oyedepo

Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, declared on Sunday that he never campaigned for any candidates in the run-up to the country’s general elections in 2023 or spoke on their behalf.

In response to the leaked audio between the cleric and Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, on the eve of the presidential election, discussing the mobilization of Christians in Kwara and Kogi states to vote for him, Oyedepo said this while addressing the congregation at the church’s headquarters, Faith Tabernacle, in Ota, Ogun State (Obi).

The clergyman claimed he never spoke to any group of individuals on behalf of any politician, all the while making a subtle reference to the allegedly leaked phone call between him and Obi.

He continued by saying that, prior to the election, he offered his prayers and counsel to all political parties.

He asserted that no one had ever instructed him on what to say or do in this world.

Oyedepo added, “I have never campaigned for anybody or spoken on anybody’s behalf and I will not do that till I go to heaven.

“There is no (political) party in this country that didn’t come to me for prayers and advice.

“I advised them, some, they didn’t take. Those who chose to take it saw results; those who said no are still going about it.

“If you still come again, I will still tell you, it doesn’t change,” he maintained.