Kworld Trend / Obi leaked audio, A leaked audio clip purportedly of Peter Obi, Labor Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 Nigerian elections, and David Oyedepo, founder of Winners Chapel, has sparked controversy in Nigeria.
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The video, which went viral, features a voice purportedly similar to Obi’s asking Oyedepo. To speak to Christians in the South West and Kwara regions. And to vote for him in the presidential election, describing the election as a “religious war”. In response, the LP Campaign Council issued a statement accusing the All Progressives Congress. (APC) of attempting to market Obi, stating that the audio was a highly fake intended to tarnish Obi’s image.
However, Kenneth Okonkwo, a spokesperson for the LP campaign, confirmed the authenticity of the audio. But said it had been taken out of context. Obi’s media aide said the leaked audio had been edited out of context.
Obi’s critics have accused him of playing politics of race and religion ahead of the 2023. Nigerian presidential election, which he lost but challenged in court.
But Obi denies the accusations and is asking critics to provide evidence. The leaked file appears to have confirmed the critics’ position, but some of Obi’s supporters on Twitter and Facebook have dismissed the audio as a deep fake. Okonkwo has defended his manager’s “religious war” comment in a viral “private conversation”.
The leaked audio recording sparked controversy and accusations, with the LP Campaign Council stating that the clip was edited to promote religious tension and market Obi. However, Obi’s supporters dismissed the clip as a deep fake, while Okonkwo asserted the authenticity of the audio but argued that it was taken out of context.
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The controversy highlights the role of deepfakes in political advertising and its potential impact on public perception of politicians. It also highlights the need for fact-checking and responsible reporting in the media.
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Audio recording: Peter Obi’s ‘religious war’ phone call with Oyedepo sparks controversy
The Labor Party (LP) Campaign Council accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of trying to market presidential candidate Peter Obi.
The Campaign Board was responding to a leaked clip purporting to relate to Obi and David Oyedepo, founder of Winners Chapel.
In the viral clip, a voice similar to Obi’s can be heard telling the cleric to speak to Christians in the Southwest and Kwara to vote for him in the presidential election, calling the election a “religious war”.
In a statement released on Sunday, Deran Onevad, the LP Campaign Chair. And the council’s main spokesperson Yonosa Tanko, said the audio was a highly fake intended to tarnish Obi’s image.
“As we walk down the constitutional path to take back our mandate. Those who cut off the wishes of the majority of Nigerians have returned to endless mischief. And subterfuge to continue holding on to what they know does not belong to them,” the LP campaign said.
From the shame show in Port Harcourt to the drama in the Ibom Air, both of which they devised. They have now moved on to circulate a deep fake audio file intended to foster religious tension in the country.
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All these things serve no other purpose than the outrageous mischief of Peter Opie’s marketing. If the aim is to create a credibility problem, then the ploy has failed miserably.
“Peter Obi has long been on record as the only presidential candidate to have urged.
Meanwhile, Kenneth Okonkwo, a spokesperson for the LP campaign, said earlier Sunday. That the clip was authentic.
“Political criminals are trying to run the conversation as if the Liberal Party. Cndidate was making a religious comment,” Okonkwo said.
Valentin Obyanem, Oyedepo’s media assistant, said the leaked audio. Recording of his manager’s conversation with Oyedepo was edited out of context.
On Saturday, a phone conversation between Peter Obi, the Labor Party presidential candidate. And David Oyedepo, founder of Living Faith Worldwide Church. Which was leaked to the public by the People Gazette. In the audio clip, Mr. Obi asked Mr. Oyedepo to help spread his message to Christians in the southwest and parts of the north-central. Addressing him as ‘dad’, the LP standard-bearer told Mr Oyedepo that the just concluded presidential election was a ‘religious war’.
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“Father, I want you to speak to your people in the Southwest and Kwara and the Christians in the Southwest and Kwara,” Mr Obi is heard saying in the leaked audio clip. “This is a religious war.”
“I think so, I think so, I think so,” Mr. Oyedepo answered with Mr. Obi saying on the other side of the phone, “If this works, you will never regret the support.”
Mr Obi’s critics have accused him of playing race and religion politics ahead of Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election, which he lost but challenged in court. He denies it and asks critics to provide evidence. The leaked file seems to have confirmed the position of the critics.
However, the leaked audio generated controversy.
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Many of Mr. Obi’s supporters monitored on the micro-blogging sites Twitter and Facebook dismissed the audio as a deep fake, a term used to describe fake clips created with artificial intelligence tools. But on Sunday morning, Kenneth Okonkwo, a spokesperson for the LP’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), confirmed the authenticity of the audio but suggested a different interpretation of the conversation. He immediately faced threats of annulment by “Obidients” as Mr Obi’s supporters described him. He has been blamed for undermining their efforts to dismiss the leaked file as a deep fake.
In his tweets, Mr Okonkwo attempted to defend a “religious war” comment made by his manager in the viral “private conversation”.
“Firstly, Bishop Oyedepo aptly contextualized the conversation when he said, “All Nigerians have an equal stake in this nation, no one has the right to claim that he is crushing something on someone,” Mr. Okonkwo tweeted. “His Excellency Peter Obi was simply urging the Bishop to Helping him spread the message of equal (share) of all Nigerians in the Nigerian project for his people and Christianity because politicians from the other side are carrying out this campaign as if it is a religious war (sic).”
In the tweets, he accused the All Progressive Congress (APC) of trying to twist the account of the phone conversation, saying, “It is not surprising that these political criminals are trying to spin the conversation as if Obi was making a religious statement.” He also accused the GPC of starting what appears to be the religious battle over the ballots by running a presidential ticket for Muslims and Muslims in a religiously diverse country.
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However, many of Obi’s supporters saw Okonkwo’s tweets as “anti-obedient” and unauthorized, while insisting they were deepfakes.
Subsequently, Diran Onevad, head of Obi Dati’s media office, said in Abuja on Sunday that the audio clip was just another propaganda by APC to discredit Mr Obi, acting in agreement with the Obidients.
“All of this is not intended to serve any other purpose than the outrageous mischief of. Peter Opie’s marketing; if the aim is to create a credibility problem, the ploy fails woefully.” Said Mr Onifade, also describing the audio as a deep fake.
He also described it as “an endless ploy for APC to keep holding on to what they know doesn’t belong to them”.
Domestic and international observers of the 2023 elections have identified how identity politics took over Nigeria’s political space during the presidential election.
Many believe that Mr. Obi’s consistent lobbying of Christians succeeded. And helped him attract more than 6 million votes. Several religious leaders were seen openly campaigning for him. And urging their followers to ensure that the Muslim-Muslim candidate (referring to Mr. Tinubu) would be insulted on election day. Including the famous Paul Enenche of Dunamis, a number of religious leaders have also insisted. That the survey was rigged against Mr. Obi and that Mr. Tinubu carried a stolen mandate.
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Meanwhile, Tinubu, who had chosen an Islamist-Muslim card that seemed to exacerbate Christian fears. During the campaign also appealed to Islamic rule and his Yoruba ethnicity. While Tinubu played the Muslim card in part to flirt with the Muslims of the north. Obi presented himself as the Christine on the front line in the presidential race.
On his part, Mr. Oyedepo said Sunday morning that he was not influenced by any politician. But he did not categorically deny the conversation in the leaked audio recording that was made.
“Nobody told me what I would say in this world. No, I have never campaigned for anyone. Nor spoken for anyone nor will I until I go to heaven,” Mr. Oyedepo said.
He also said: “There is no (political) party in this country that has not come to me for prayer and advice. I advised them, and some of them did not take it. Those who chose to take it see results; those who said do not (laughs). If you still come again, I’ll tell you still, don’t change.”
Mr. Okonkwo did not respond to PREMIUM TIMES’ request to determine whether he contacted Mr. Obi before posting the tweets on his behalf. He did not return our calls and did not respond to our message in the matter.
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Amidst the controversy, Mr. Obi’s close aide, Valentin Obyanem, appears to subtly corroborate. The leaked audio in a Facebook post titled “Obi vs. Oyedepo: Too bad!”
He indicated that the conversation took place between the two men. But said that the leaked tape was manipulated.
He wrote: “I heard they have set up a committee made up of some communications experts. Headed by our wayward brother from Nnewi. They are reviewing all the calls Obi has made in the past three years. And especially now to see if he mentioned the provisional government or anything. That would cause them to sue him for Betrayal when they take power.
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