Obi had in a leaked phone conversation before the February 25 Presidential election begged Oyedepo to help him secure the support of Christians in the South-West region of Nigeria and Kwara State.
The Kwara State monarch, the Olofa of Offa, Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye, has said that his name was wrongly associated with what he described as political mudsling and intrigues in the leaked audio conversation between the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi and the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo.
Obi had in a leaked phone conversation before the February 25 Presidential election begged Oyedepo to help him secure the support of Christians in the South-West region of Nigeria and Kwara State.
In the leaked audio which went viral on the internet and has since generated mixed reactions from Nigerians, Obi told Oyedepo that “East is okay, Middle Belt is okay, but places like Kogi, Kwara and Niger are worrisome.”
The former governor of Anambra State further told the cleric that “I went to Kwara and visited Olofa of Offa who told me that nobody had ever come here, with you no problem but the Christian community in Kwara and Niger, and I am also working in Kogi same way.”
However, reacting to the leaked audio and the controversies it has generated across the country, Olofa said his name was “wrongly associated with the political mudslinging and intrigues”.
The monarch in a statement signed on his behalf by his Principal Private Secretary, Olayinka Kadri, said, “Our attention has been drawn to a leaked audio conversation between the Labour Party Presidential Candidate His Excellency, Mr Peter Obi, and the General Overseer of Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel) Bishop David Oyedepo which is making the rounds on the internet, and the insinuations from the so-called “exclusive” tape where the name of our royal father was mentioned and wrongly associated with the political mudslinging and intrigues.
“It is pertinent to state here that the throne of Offa Kingdom is a sacred and revered stool which should not be desecrated on the altar of political shenanigans and disinformation.
“The Olofa of Offa who is a highly respected first-class monarch in Kwara State is father to all irrespective of your religious, ethnic, or tribal colouration.
“His desire for unity, peace, and progress of our dear country is unassailable. We hereby condemn this malicious and mischievous anecdote aimed at discrediting the revered stool of the headquarters of Ibolo Kingdom and advise the general public and mischief makers to refrain forthwith from unguarded manipulation of facts and disinformation.
“HRM Oba Mufutau Muhammed Gbadamosi Ajagungbade I Esuwoye II has always welcomed everyone to his domain irrespective of their status with open arms and felicitations, and would continue to do so.”
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