Governor Bello Matawalle has reaffirmed that APC would remain one and united party, despite effort by some members to cause disharmony within the party.

Matawalle made the statement during APC stakeholders meeting held at the state government house, Gusau on Saturday.

Represented by the Speaker of State House of Assembly Nasiru Magarya, Matawalle urged members of the party to respect the party leadership hierarchy in order to sustained unity and togetherness among members.

He noted that as the rules provided, since the President is the number one leader of the party, Governors in their respective states are equally the party leaders.

He noted with passion, the effort of the national working committee of the party led by Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe for facilitating the growth of the party leading to registration of over one million members in the state during the last registration exercise.

According to the statement by the Governor’s media aid Malam Yusuf Idris Gusau said, the Governor also commended all party stakeholders for contributing in one way or the other to the development of the party in the state and also the committee sent by the national headquarters of the party for registering over one million members in the just concluded membership registration exercise.

Earlier, leader of the team from the APC National Secretariat, Alhaji Kabiru Masari said they were sent by the national headquarters of the party to conduct the congress according to the dictate of the law.

He said, all existing guidelines of the party will be followed regarding those who go for consensus and those who opted for election.

On his part, the party’s Caretaker Committee Chairman in the state, Sen. Hassan Mohammed Nasiha urged members to participate in the exercise with high sense of decorum and elect leaders of their choice.

Nasiha warned those planning to sabotage the exercise to desist from such action or face the appropriate sanction as the rules of the party provided.