Sagir Koki, a House of Representatives member-elect representing Kano Municipal, has imitated Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi’s conversation with Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, also known as Winners Chapel.
Peoples Gazette, an online news platform, released an audio on Saturday night in which Obi was heard describing the 2023 election as a religious war. The topic has gained traction on social media.
Obi was heard in the audio pleading with Oyedepo to assist him in mobilizing Christian voters ahead of the election, particularly those in the North Central states of Kwara, Kogi, and Niger, declaring the election a religious war.
Throughout the conversation, the former governor of Anambra State was repeatedly told, “Yes Daddy.”
“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.
While verifying the authenticity of the audio in a statement issued in the early hours of Sunday, Kenneth Okonkwo, spokesperson for the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign, claimed it was taken out of context by critics.
Mimicking Obi after presenting his Certificate of Return to Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of New Nigeria People Party (NNPP), Koki wrote, “Thank You Daddy, Yess Daddy ❤️🙏”
#YesDaddy has been trending on social media