The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said he is being pressured to leave the county with attacks against his person emanating from different quarters.
Obi went on to speak about the leaked audio conversation between himself and the General Overseer of the Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo saying it is fake and doctored on his Twitter handle on Wednesday night.
Peter Obi maintained that the recent comment by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed is a plot to distract attention away from the stolen mandate and referred to it as, “unfortunate and sad”.
He wrote, “The present attempts by the APC as a party, and the APC led-government through some government officials and agencies to divert our attention from our blatantly stolen mandate is unfortunate and sad.
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“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 a 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.”
Obi also vowed to take legal actions against the online news platform that shared the leaked audio.
He went on to appeal that the APC puts an end to their incessant attacks stating that his focus was to retrieve his stolen mandate.
“The attempts to manipulate Nigerians is very sad and wicked. Our legal team have been instructed to take appropriate legal actions against Peoples Gazette and others.
“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.
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“Elections are over, and we are in court to retrieve our stolen mandate. Let me reiterate that we are doing so through all lawful and peaceful options in line with our legal system and constitution, and I continue to implore all Nigerians to remain peaceful and law abiding,” Obi added.
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