Leaked ‘Yes Daddy’ audio: Offa monarch distances self from Obi, Oyedepo

… says ‘my name was wrongly mentioned’

Olofa of Offa, Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye II, on Monday, distanced himself from the leaked audio of the conversation between the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, and Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church Worldwide, aka Winners Chapel.

Obi was heard in the conversation begging Oyedepo to help him get votes from Christians in South-West and Kwara State.

The LP presidential flagbearear also said he had visited the Olofa, whom he claimed told him that no presidential candidates had ever visited him.

Oyedepo hails from Omu Aran, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, a border town with Offa.

Obi had explained to Oyedepo when the cleric asked him about his chances in the East generally and the Middle Belt, saying, “East is okay, Middle Belt is okay, but places like Kogi, Kwara and Niger are worrisome.

“I went to Kwara and visited Olofa of Offa who told me that nobody had ever come here, with you no problem but the Christian community in Kwara and Niger, and I am also working in Kogi same way”.

But the Olofa, while speaking on the issue which has been generating controversies and outrage across the country, said his name was “wrongly associated with the political mudslinging and intrigues”.

The monarch said in a statement signed on his behalf by his Principal Private Secretary, Olayinka Kadri, “Our attention has been drawn to a leaked audio conversation between the Labour Party Presidential Candidate His Excellency, Mr Peter Obi, and the General Overseer of Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel) Bishop David Oyedepo which is making the rounds on the internet, and the insinuations from the so-called “exclusive” tape where the name of our royal father was mentioned and wrongly associated with the political mudslinging and intrigues.

“It is pertinent to state here that the throne of Offa Kingdom is a sacred and revered stool which should not be desecrated on the altar of political shenanigans and disinformation.

“The Olofa of Offa who is a highly respected first-class monarch in Kwara State is father to all, irrespective of your religious, ethnic, or tribal colouration.

“His desire for unity, peace, and progress of our dear country is unassailable. We hereby condemn this malicious and mischievous anecdote aimed at discrediting the revered stool of the headquarters of Ibolo Kingdom and advise the general public and mischief makers to refrain forthwith from unguarded manipulation of facts and disinformation.

“HRM Oba Mufutau Muhammed Gbadamosi Ajagungbade I Esuwoye II has always welcomed everyone to his domain, irrespective of their status with open arms and felicitations, and would continue to do so.”