Obi to take legal action, claims leaked audio is fake.

Peter Obi, a candidate for the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, has said that leaked tape of a supposed discussion between him and Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, is fake.

According to the audio, Obi told Oyedepo that the presidential race was a theological battle and suggested that the cleric assist him in pleading with South Westerners and Kwara State residents, particularly Christians, to support his campaign.

In response, Obi claimed in a statement he personally signed on Wednesday that he never referred to the election as a holy war during his “issue-based campaign.”

Also, he bemoaned claimed efforts by the APC to “distract attention from our plainly stolen mandate.”

He stated, “These have come and continued to manifest in different ways, such as the malicious accusation of the Minister of Information, Mr Lai Mohammed, the circulation of a fake doctored audio call, and pressure on me to leave the country.

“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.”

The former governor of Anambra State claimed that the online media outlet that publicized the audio leak had been ordered to take necessary legal action by his legal team.

“While we call on all concerned Nigerians and the international community to implore the APC and the APC-led government to stop their nasty attacks, my focus and commitment to lawfully and peacefully retrieve our mandate to secure and unite our nation, take Nigeria from consumption to production, pull millions of Nigerians out of multidimensional poverty, especially in the north, and jump-start prosperity through agricultural, industrial, and technological revolution remain unchanged,” Obi added.