Buhari, Gowon, Shagari, Obasanjo, Babangida, Abubakar In Council Of State Meeting With GEJ

Former Nigerian leaders Yakubu Gowon, Shehu Shagari, Ibrahim Babangida, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Ernest Shonekan Olusegun Obasanjo and President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, attended today’s Council of State meeting held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting started at 11.30am after the arrival of President Goodluck Jonathan. Tuesday’s meeting will be the last under the outgoing President Jonathan.

The state governors at the meeting are – Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Olusegun Mimiko (Ondo), Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto), Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers), Ramalan Yero (Kanuda), Sarieke Dickson (Bayelsa), James Ngilari (Adamawa), Tanko Almakura(Nasarawa) and Gabriel Suswam(Benue).

Others are – Martin Elechi (Ebonyi), Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom), Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Jonah Jang (Plateau) Liyel Imoke(Cross River), and Acting governor of Taraba State.

Kano, Kogi, Oyo and Yobe States were represented by their deputy governors.

The Senate President, David Mark, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and former Chief Justices of Nigeria including Muhammadu Uwais, Alfa Belgore and Idris Kutigi were also the meeting.

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim, National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki and the Chief of Staff to the President, Jones Arogbofa also attended the meeting.