OGD dismisses leaked audio, petitions security agencies

By Ismail Azeez

The Media Office of former Ogun State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel (OGD), has dismissed a purported leaked private conversation allegedly involving the former governor and a respected elder statesman.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Senator’s media office said it had been inundated with enquiries following the circulation of the audio recording, which it described as “maliciously doctored” and intended to damage Daniel’s reputation.

According to the statement, “The OGD Media Office has been inundated with enquiries regarding a purportedly leaked private conversation allegedly involving His Excellency, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, and a respected elder statesman.”

“For the records, this Office became aware of the existence of the audio over six weeks ago, following attempts by its purveyors to deploy the maliciously doctored recording as an instrument of political blackmail, coercion, intimidation, and other criminal ends.”

“The audio in circulation is a manipulated and deliberately doctored material, calculated to mislead the public, malign the reputation of His Excellency, and advance a premeditated political agenda.”

“Accordingly, the appropriate law enforcement agencies have been formally invited to investigate the source of the recording, those responsible for its manipulation and dissemination, and the criminal motives behind its circulation.”

“In addition, our legal team has been instructed to pursue all available civil and criminal remedies against every individual or group connected with this orchestrated campaign of calumny, defamation, malicious falsehood, and cybercrime.”

“This shenanigans must stop in our body politics,” the statement read.