There is an alleged plan to incriminate Labour Party’s Peter Obi and prosecute him for treason, his aide reveals.
An audio clip released on Saturday evening reportedly had Labour Party’s Peter Obi pleading for support from Bishop David Oyedepo.
In the audio the LP candidate was heard telling the cleric that the 2023 presidential election had become “a religious war”.
By observation, the audio was a recording of a phone conversation.
The Bishop allegedly responded, “I believe that, I believe that, I believe that”.
A Deep Fake
A spokesperson for Mr Obi, Kenneth Okonkwo, had earlier acknowledged the audio but claims it was taken out of context.
However, the head of the Obi Datti Media Office, Diran Onifade, says the audio was a deep fake.
He claims the audio was doctored by the opposition.
According to him, they were trying to taint the image of the LP candidate.
Treason Charge
Also a spokesman for Mr Obi, Valentine Obienyem, who revealed plans to charge Obi with treason, claims that some unnamed persons have been assigned to harvest and review wiretapped phone calls of Obi.
These calls may go back as far as the last three years to find something incriminating to prosecute the LP candidate for treason.
“Obi versus Oyedepo: Too bad!” Obienyem wrote in a Facebook post on Sunday.
“I heard they set up a Committee made up of some Communications experts, headed by our prodigal brother from Nnewi,” the media aide alleges.
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He claims Obi would be charged with treason if the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu is sworn in.
Mr Tinubu won the 2023 presidential election against Mr Obi and others. That election result is being challenged at the Tribunal.
However, Mr Obi’s spokesman also highlighted that they have not seen anything to hold against Obi.
But, “the badly doctored conservation with Bishop Oyedepo released by our Nnewi prodigal brother is the much they have discovered so far”.
This statement is coming only days after the Department of State Services (DSS) alleged that there were plans by unnamed politicians to install an interim government.
