Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday appealed to Nigerians to resist any attempt to destroy the unity that people had lived and worked together for.

Osinbajo made the appeal during the flag-off of the All Progressives Congress (APC) revalidation and registration exercise and also revalidation of his membership of the APC, held at Ward 1, Unit 3, Egunrege, Ikenne in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun.

The vice president stated that the government would continue to attend to the cries of communities for justice, equity and fairness, saying that Nigeria was stronger together than apart.

He said security challenges currently being experienced in the country were not insurmountable.

Osinbajo also said there must be state police structure, saying that it was important to speed up and strengthen the community policing structures.

According to him, the states must continually train, educate and formalise their local security structures so that they complement the Federal law enforcement agencies.

On the revalidation of his APC membership, he said he was pleased to participate in the exercise.

In his remarks, Governor Dapo Abiodun, commended President Muhammadu Buhari and Osinbajo for going back to their respective wards to revalidate their membership of the ruling party.

He said the registration and revalidation exercise would be successful in Ogun, adding that new members would be mobilised for the party during the exercise.

Abiodun also revalidated his membership of the party at ward 3, unit 1, Ita Sonyin, Iperu.

On his part, the Southwest Team Leader of Registration and Revalidation Committee, Sen. Lawan Shuaib, said the exercise was to establish that ward remained the power base of the party.

He pointed out that anyone who desired to join the party do so at the ward level, declaring that ward executive had power to discipline erring party members.

Also speaking, National Chairman of the APC Registration and Revalidation Committee and Niger Governor, Abubakar Bello, said since 2014 when the party held similar exercise, the party had lost some members and gained more members, hence, the imperative of the 2021 exercise.