President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over a crucial virtual meeting with former Nigerian leaders at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the former leaders participating virtually from their homes included Gen. Yakubu Gowon, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Babangida, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Goodluck Jonathan and Ernest Shonekan.
Those physically present at the Council Chambers with the president included Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; Secretary to Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, and National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd.).
Others were; the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olanisakin; Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu; Director General, Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, and Director General, National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Rufai.
NAN gathered that the meeting was part of the ongoing critical consultations with major stakeholders in the ‘Nigeria Project’ aimed at finding lasting solutions the nation security and socio-economic challenges.
The president had on Thursday met with members of the nation’ security and intelligence community, and later addressed the nation on the ENDSARS protests embarked upon by some aggrieved youths in the country.
He appealed to the protesters to resist the temptation of being used by some subversive elements to cause chaos with the aim of truncating the nation’s nascent democracy.
