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Parting shot! OBJ attends GEJ’s last Council of State meeting

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9 years ago

May 12, 2015

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Unlike in the past, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, and President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) both attended the Council of State meeting chaired by President Goodluck Jonathan held Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Obasanjo and Buhari had been avoiding most of the council’s meetings under Jonathan’s leadership, but Buhari made a surprise attendance at the last meeting held on February 5, where INEC chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, had briefed members on the preparation for the general elections.

The Council consists of the President (as the chairman), Vice President, all former Presidents or former Heads of State, all former Chief Justices of Nigeria, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, all state governors and the Attorney-General of the Federation.

This is the last time President Goodluck Jonathan will be presiding over the meeting since he will be handing over to Buhari on May 29.

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