Founder and President of the Living Faith Church, aka Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, says he has never campaigned for any politician during any election in the country.
Oyedepo said this on Sunday at the church’s headquarters in Ogun State while speaking on the subject of faith, according to a report by DailyTrust.
This come less than 24 hours after an online newspaper (NOT metrowatchxtra.com) released an audio where Obi solicited the support of Oyedepo to help get votes from Christians in South-West and Kwara State.
The former governor of Anambra State also stated that the votes were needed because the 2023 presidential election was a “religious war.”
“Daddy, I need you to speak to your people in the South-West and Kwara, the Christians in the South-West and Kwara. This is a religious war. Like I keep saying: if this works, you people will never regret the support,” he said in the audio.
In his reaction, however, Bishop Oyedepo said he never spoke to any group of people on behalf of any politician.
“Nobody had ever told me what to say in this world. No. I have never campaigned for anybody or speak on anybody’s behalf and I will not do that till I go to heaven.
“There is no (political) party in this country that didn’t come to me for prayers and for advice. I advised them, some, they didn’t take. Those who chose to take it, they see results; those who said no, they are going about it (laughs). If you still come again, I will still tell you, it doesn’t change,” he said.
The audio had attracted criticism for Obi, especially on social media space, with some of his supporters saying it was doctored.
But in a statement in the wee hours of Sunday, spokesman for the Labour Party, Mr. Kenneth Okonkwo verified the authenticity but claimed it was taken out of context by critics.
