I pray, advise every political party that comes to me – Oyedepo

Founder of Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, say leaders of political parties aspiring to lead the country have always come to him for prayers and advice.

Even as the cleric said he obliged them, he maintained that at no time did ever campaign for anyone.

He spoke on Sunday to his church members regarding alleged audio of his conversation with Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP).

He said, “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. If you still come again, I will still tell you, it doesn’t change.”

In the viral clip, a voice similar to that of Obi can be heard asking the cleric to speak to the Christians in the South-West and Kwara to vote for him in the presidential poll, describing the election as a “religious war”.

Some supporters of Obi had described the audio as fake.

But Kenneth Okonkwo, a spokesperson of the LP campaign, said the clip was authentic.

He, however, claimed “political criminals are trying to spin the conversation as if the LP candidate was making a religious comment”.

Addressing his congregation on Sunday, Oyedepo said he would not campaign for anyone “till I go to heaven”.

“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,” Oyedepo said.