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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned Ayodele Fayose, Ekiti state governor, against disrupting its presidential campaign rally in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday, saying the governor’s plan to hold a parallel rally on the same day is a recipe for chaos.

Speaking on Friday through its spokesman, Lai Mohammed, the party wondered why Fayose would schedule a rally for Saturday at Fajuyi Park, which is a major route to the venue of its presidential campaign rally.

“This is nothing but a deliberate act of provocation, and it is a dangerous game by a governor who has now become notorious for making incendiary statements and taking irrational actions. Fayose should be told in clear terms that being the governor of a state demands huge responsibility, not brazen rascality,” the party said.

It wondered what point the governor was trying to prove by seeking to set the supporters of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), against those of APC, “which is basically what he is planning to do by organising a parallel rally along a major route to ours at Ado-Ekiti on Saturday”.

The party said its members and supporters, in line with their peaceful nature and its ethos neither disrupted nor interfered with the PDP presidential campaign rally at Ado, saying it “finds it difficult to understand why the Fayose will be plotting to trigger chaos and disrupt the APC presidential campaign rally”.

”There must be a limit to mischief and waggishness, especially from a governor that almost set Nigeria on fire with an irresponsible, incendiary and repugnant advertisement wishing our presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, death,” it said.

”Since everything points to the fact that Fayose lacks the capacity to understand the implication of his actions, it is high time his masters called him to order before he sets the country on fire. A good starting point is to warn him against holding a parallel tally at Ado on Saturday.

“The security agencies should also advise the governor against actions that are capable of triggering violence and disrupting public peace. If the governor fails to heed the voice of reason, then he should be solely held responsible if there is any breach of peace or a disruption of the APC presidential campaign rally at Ado-Ekiti on Saturday.”