The Minister of State for Works, Prince Adedayo Adeyeye, on Wednesdaywarned leaders of the All Progressives Congress against inflammatory statements that could promote violence in the country.
Adeyeye, who gave the warning in a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti, described as treasonable the statement made by the APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, saying the party would form a parallel government should the Peoples Democratic Party win the 2015 presidential election.
The statement was signed by the Director General of the Prince Adedayo Adeyeye Movement, Bisi Kolawole.
The minister, who cautioned the APC leaders against instigating bloodshed, said: “It amounts to hatred for Nigeria as a nation and an insult on Ekiti people for anyone to claim that the mandate freely given to Mr Ayodele Fayose was a stolen one.
“How can anyone describe votes freely given by the people in the June 21governorship election as a stolen one?
“It is unbecoming of a party that wants to rule Nigeria to be threatening to cause anarchy in the country.
“Nigerians must begin to take note of what the APC intends to do in 2015 because it will definitely lose the presidential and other elections scandalously.”
Adeyeye, however, said the threat must not be taken with levity.
He added: “By their attitude, any election they did not win is rigged, therefore, if the APC loses the 2015 presidential election, they will claim that the election was rigged.
“There is nothing the APC can do that the party will not lose because President Goodluck Jonathan will be re-elected come 2015.
“The APC will therefore throw the entire country into chaos by forming a parallel government and I can assure you that it will be their most undoing.”