The National Council of States
meeting called to discuss issues about
the the nation’s security challenges
and the forthcoming elections has
ended.
At the end of the eight-hour meeting,
members insisted the general
elections must proceed as scheduled,
reporters were told.
Members also agreed that elections
could be postponed in troubled zones
— areas ravaged by the Boko Haram
insurgency.
Nigerians had watched out for the
outcome of the meeting all day giving
the alleged plot by government to
force INEC to shift the elections.
More details about the outcome of the
meeting to come later.
President Goodluck Jonathan
presided over the Council of State
meeting, where national issues
bordering on the nation’s security and
the elections were deliberated upon.
All former Presidents and Heads of
State — Shehu Shagari, Yakubu
Gowon, Muhammadu Buhari,
Ibrahim Babangida, Abdulsalami
Abubakar and Interim National
Government President Ernest
Shonekan — except Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo, attended the meeting.
Other participants were Senate
President, David Mark, Speaker of
the House of Representatives, Alhaji
Aminu Tambuwal, and former Chief
Justice of the Federation, Justice
Musdafa Belgore.
Governors of Anambra, Kogi,
Katsina, Kano, Osun, Imo, Sokoto,
Nasarawa, Adamawa, Niger, Lagos,
Bayelsa, Rivers, Kaduna, Kebbi,
Zamfara, Kwara, Ogun, Ondo,
Plateau, Cross River, Enugu and
Delta states were also in attendance.
Also present are Govs. of Bauchi,
Akwa Ibom, Jigawa, Edo, Ekiti, Gombe, acting
governor of Taraba while Abia, Oyo and Borno
were represented by their deputy governors.
The National Security Adviser to President
Goodluck Jonathan, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), FCT
Minister Bala Muhammed and the Minister of
Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation
Mohammed Adoke also attended.
The Chairman of the Independent National
Electoral Commission, [INEC], Attahiru Jega, and
the nation’s security chiefs made presentation to
the meeting, which started around 11.56 a.m. and
ended after 7.pm

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