Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has disowned an allegedly taped phone conversation circulating on social media, which was being passed around as a conversation between him and Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State.

In the 20:38 (twenty minutes and thirty-eight seconds) audio, Amosun and Shettima were allegedly taped discussing Biafran agitation and what Hausa and Yoruba should do to outwit the Igbo.

Ogun State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Otunba Dayo Adeneye defending his boss said that: “The voice in the forgery which they paraded as that of Governor Amosun is not that of His Excellency and a simple search on the internet for any speech by him would convince those who are not familiar with his voice that the producers of the audio recording did a poor and unintelligent imitation.”

“The peddlers of such falsehood appear to have a wild scheme which appears to be part of what may be turning out to be the wider script, by some unpatriotic elements, aimed at further causing divisions in Nigeria. It is meant to feed into, as well as further exacerbate the already highly combustible wave of agitation in the land. This evil plot will not work. Indeed this is not the first time some unpatriotic and vile individuals would spread falsehood about the person of Governor Amosun.”

“Governor Amosun is committed to peaceful co-existence of all groups in Nigeria and will not engage in conversations that would threaten the peace and unity of Nigeria. He, therefore, counseled politicians and other public office seekers to play politics without bitterness and dwell more on things that unite us rather than those that seek to divide us”.