IGNORE INSINUATIONS OF RELIGIOUS BIGOTS – PETER OBI’S SPOKESMAN, KEN OKONKWO REACTS TO LEAKED PHONE CONVERSATION WITH OYEDEPO
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Spokesperson of the Labour Party (LP) and Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Kenneth Okonkwo has asked Nigerians to ignore the insinuations of religious bigots in reference to a leaked telephone conversation purportedly between LP’s presidential candidate, Peter Gregory Obi and the Founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo.
Okonkwo said “Nigerians should disregard any insinuation of religious bigots about this tape.”
In the leaked conversation (below), reportedly on the eve of February 25 presidential elections, Obi could be heard telling Oyedepo, ” Daddy, I need you to speak to your people in the South-West and Kwara. The christians in the South-West and Kwara. This is a religious war”
(Audio Credit: People’s Gazette)
In response, Oyedepo said “I did a release, Nigeria Going Forward, and I’m coming out with the second one today. I wanted it out when they won’t have any time to do damage control but in the name of Jesus thus will get us successful”.
Obi could be heard interjecting several times saying “Yes Daddy” and “Thank you Daddy”.
Many Nigerians have doubted the authenticity of the conversation but in the early hours of Sunday, Okonkwo, who is also a lawyer reacted to the leaked conversation, a move many consider to add verification to the authenticity of the audio tape.
Using his Facebook handle @realkenokonkwo, he said “Just listen carefully:
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“Our attention has been drawn to the publication of this audio tape of private conversation between @PeterObi and Bishop Oyedepo. It is not surprising that these political criminals are trying to spin the conversation as if Obi was making a religious statement.
“Firstly, the context of the conversation was aptly put by Bishop Oyedepo when he said “All Nigerians have equal stake in this nation, nobody has the right to claim that he is dashing something to someone”.
Okonkwo further went on to write, “H E @PeterObi 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 christiandom because the politicians of the other party is carrying on this campaign as if it is a religious war. To drive home this point, he informed him that he visited the traditional ruler of Offa, the Olofa of Offa, who is a Muslim, but who advised Obi to get the support of Oyedepo and be assured of his own support. No Politician has ever visited the Olofa of Offa. It is clear to everybody that the APC political party has declared religious war on Nigerians and we must all rise up together to fight this unconstitutional act of religious intolerance of other religions by APC. I went around with Obi on campaign train and never saw him discriminate against any religion. Of course he can’t has declared religious war on Nigerians and we must all rise up together to fight this unconstitutional act of religious intolerance of other religions by APC. I went around with Obi on campaign train and never saw him discriminate against any religion. Of course he can’t because his Vice is a Muslim unlike APC. I resigned from APC because of their religious intolerance. Nigerians should disregard any insinuation of religious bigots about this tape.”
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