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#EndSARS: Buhari, Obasanjo, Jonathan, security chiefs, others in virtual meeting

PRESIDENT BUHARI PRESIDES OVER COUNCIL OF STATE MEETING 5. OBJ OFFERING PRAYER: President Muhammadu Buhari, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubabakr Malami, President of the Senate Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki and Fomer President Olusegun Obasanjo and Former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar during the Council of State Meeting held at the Council Chambers, State house Abuja. PHOTO; SUNDAY AGHAEZE. JAN 22 2019.

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently hosting a virtual meeting with former Nigerian leaders and senior government officials.

Those believed to be in attendance at the closed-door virtual meeting are ex-presidents Goodluck Jonathan, Olusegun Obasanjo, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Ernest Shonekan and Yakubu Gowon, according a report by Premium Times.

Senior officials physically attending the meeting at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, and National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno.

The heads of various security agencies such as the police and the State Security Service are also attending the meeting which commenced at about 9 a.m.

Although details of the meeting, which was ongoing at the time of this report, were not disclosed, it is believed to relate to the #EndSARS protest for police reform and the violence that has resulted from it.