Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, the spokesperson for the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), has raised two significant questions regarding the leaked audio conversation between Peter Obi and Bishop Oyedepo.
He questioned whether there is any Nigerian politician who has not sought support from religious leaders, and whether any politician has not spent significant amounts of money to influence religious leaders to sway elections in their favor.
The elder statesman wrote in his weekly column:
“It will be amusing, but for its tragic commentary on the desperation of politicians, to see Nigerians’ reaction over a leaked audio conversation between LP’s Obi and a famous Bishop in which the former was begging for the Church’s support. Which Nigerian politician has not begged for support from religious leaders, and who among the big ones has not spent huge amounts to get men of God swing elections in his favour?”
