Tinubu chairs Council of State meeting with IBB, Abdulsalami in attendance

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently presiding over a Council of State meeting at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The high-level meeting, which brings together past and present leaders to deliberate on critical national issues, has former Presidents Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar, as well as Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State, participating virtually.

According to Daily Trust, as the session moved into a closed-door meeting, some notable former leaders — including General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, and Dr. Goodluck Jonathan — were not sighted at the venue.

The meeting is expected to be attended by all former Presidents and Heads of States, the Vice President, serving and retired former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

This is the second Council of State meeting to be hosted by President Tinubu after presiding over a similar meeting in August, 2024

Others attending the meeting are George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the NSA, serving Governors, the Chief of Staff to the President and other invited government officials.

The meeting is also being attended by Lateef Fagbemi, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice.

Some of the state Governors seen at the meeting were Governors of Kwara, Rivers , Enugu, Kano, Kebbi, Kogi, Borno, Ogun, Sokoto, Edo, Kaduna and Abia States.

The meeting is expected to discuss issues around the prevailing insecurity in some parts of the country, as well as the possible choice of the new chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).