President Muhammadu Buhari is
currently presiding over the Council of State meeting.
A tweet on the official Twitter
handle of the Presidency says the meeting is holding at the Presidential Villa
Abuja.
The tweet reads, “President
@MBuhari is presiding over a Meeting of the National Council of State, ongoing
at the State House. #AsoVillaToday”
We had earlier reported that
Buhari is scheduled to host the Council of State meeting today.
Those expected to be at the
meeting scheduled for the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa are former
presidents Shehu Shagari; Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan.
Others are, former military Heads
of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.); Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (retd.); Gen .
Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.); as well as the former Chairman of the defunct
Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan.
Vice-President, Prof. Yemi
Osinbajo will also attend the meeting alongside the Senate President, Bukola
Saraki; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara.
All living former Chief Justices
of Nigeria; all the 36 state governors and the Attorney General of the
Federation, Abubakar Malami, are all members of the council.
The incessant killings and
destruction of properties across the country by suspected herdsmen, as well as
the activities of Boko Haram terrorists may form part of discussions at the
meeting.
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