Buhari, APC govs shun Council of State meeting

A National Leader of the All Progressives Congress and former Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and most state governors on the platform of the party were absent at the Tuesday Council of State meeting presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan.

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Jonathan summoned the meeting to review the security challenges in parts of the country.

Buhari was the only living former leader, who did not attend the meeting which had former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former President Shehu Shagari; former Head of the Interim National Government, Ernest Shonekan; and former military Heads of State, Yakubu Gowon; Abdusalam Abubakar and Ibrahim Babangida in attendance.

Governor Adams Oshiomohole of Edo State and embattled Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State were the only APC governors that attended the meeting.

Only two of the APC governors who were absent sent representatives.

None of the APC governors in the South-West attended the meeting while only one was represented.

Only Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State was represented by his deputy, Segun Adesegun.

Governors from Peoples Democratic Party’s states such as Kaduna, Delta, Niger, Ebonyi, Bayelsa, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Kebbi, Gombe, Enugu and Taraba however attended the meeting.

The governors of Benue, Jigawa, Ondo and Yobe states were also represented by their deputies.

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Buhari, APC govs shun Council of State meeting

Security Meeting Update: Ministers, Governors, Others condemn Nyako Over Genocide Accusation Against Jonathan

By Ehi Ekhator

The invited governors, Para-military organisations, and ministers president  at the security meetings called by the President, Goodluck Jonathan have unanimously condemned the accusation by the governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako against the President that he is using the military to carry out genocide in the north.

The Minister of Defence, Gen. Aliyu Gusau who addressed the House Correspondent after the meeting said that the meeting advised all holders of Public offices to be wary of statements tense up the already tense country concerning security.

The Governor of Niger state, Babangida Aliyu who spoke with correspondents after the meeting highlights some of the decisions reached at the meeting.

He said  “I am sure many of you will be curious about the memo written by one of us. We looked at it all. Infact he was allowed to read the memo to all of us and we discussed and concluded that for all of us, we need to be very careful with the kind of statement we make”.

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Security Meeting Update: Ministers, Governors, Others condemn Nyako Over Genocide Accusation Against Jonathan

We were not invited to Jonathan"s meeting - APC

They were not invited, says Akpabio

BY Ben Agande

ABUJA—The All Progressives Congress, APC, has explained the reason behind the inability of its governors to attend the expanded National Security Council, NSC, meeting at the Presidential Villa, yesterday.

The party said in a statement by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that reports that the governors “under the aegis of the party shunned the expanded NSC meeting called by President Goodluck Jonathan to review the security situation in the country,” was false.

He said: “The truth of the matter is that governors of APC-controlled states were given the impression that the meeting had been called off.

“On Wednesday, the Presidency called the Chief Detail of Kwara State government to say that the meeting had been called off. On the basis of this information, which apparently got to other governors under the aegis of APC, our governors did not attend.

“Now that the meeting has been held, it is incumbent on the Presidency to launch an investigation into the source of the call to Kwara State government and what the call was meant to achieve.

“Irrespective of the totally unfounded and absolutely irresponsible allegation that the APC is behind the escalating security situation, our party will not shy away from any serious effort to end the terrorist attacks in our country. Therefore, it is not true that our governors shunned the meeting with the President.”

Earlier reports were that the expanded NSC meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan, service chiefs and heads of security agencies and the governors of the 36 states of the federation was boycotted by governors under the aegis of the APC.

Jonathan convened the meeting to review the escalating security situation in the country, in the wake of the bombing of a bus station in Nyanya and the abduction of over 100 students from a girls’ secondary school in Borno State.

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We were not invited to Jonathan"s meeting - APC