The Honourable Minister of State for Labour and Spokesperson of Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign, Mr. Festus Keyamo, SAN, has reacted to the leaked audio conversation between Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate and Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church AKA Winners Chapel.
It was reported that an audio clip between the two parties was released by an online newspaper, Peoples Gazzete on Saturday, which has gone viral on social media.
Mr. Peter Obi was heard saying "Yes Daddy " and begging Bishop Oyedeop to mobilize Christian voters mostly from the North Central like Kwara, Kogi, and Niger states ahead of the general election stating that the election was a religious war.
However, Keyamo reacted to the leaked audio, saying God has exposed Peter Obi for declaring a religious war in a multi-religious and multi-ethnic country, declaring his dream to become a President one day is dead.
He further stated that those men of God claiming to have heard the voice of the Lord towards the election did not actually hear God's voice but rather Peter Obi’s telephone calls.
In a statement, Keyamo said, “Having confirmed the authenticity of what is now known as the Peter Obi ‘Yes-daddy’ audio, I think the real culprit here are the so-called ‘men of God’ who allowed themselves to be used by an unscrupulous politician to seek to inflame religious passions in our dear country in the name of politics.
“So, when they were telling their hapless adherents that they heard the voice of the Lord, it was actually Peter Obi’s telephone calls they heard and not God’s voice. This is deceitful, shameful and disgusting. Imagine a so-called ‘man of God’ comparing notes with a politician as to what he said or what he would say on the pulpit in order to get him votes.
“I hope this sufficiently embarrasses the ‘men of God’ in Nigeria to forthwith desist from using the pulpit for politics and the Church-goers to stop being teleguided by their self-serving ‘men of God’.
“As for Peter Obi who declared an election a ‘religious war’ in a multi-religious and multi-ethnic country like ours, the real God has just exposed him and his dream to be Nigeria’s President one day has just died a natural death. ‘Yes-daddy’ is now permanently etched in the consciousness of the nation and we will never forget!”