Details of Tinubu’s Meeting With Buhari, Jonathan, Ribadu, 36 State Governors Emerge

• At the inaugural council of state meeting under the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the presidential villa, Abuja, pressing national issues were addressed
• Legit.ng gathered that seven ministers and the national security adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, were invited to brief the council on roadmaps, prospects, and challenges of the Tinubu administration
• Notably, Ribadu's remarks at the meeting dwelt on before, during and post 'End Bad Governance protests'

Legit.ng journalist, Ridwan Adeola Yusuf, has over 9 years of experience covering public journalism.

Aso Villa, Abuja - Dele Alake, the minister of solid minerals development, has said matters relating to the state of the nation were "discussed in a robust manner" during the council of state meeting held on Tuesday, August 13.

Legit.ng had reported that President Bola Tinubu presided over the council of state meeting with his predecessors, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari, as well as governors of the 36 states in attendance.

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Council of state grateful to Nigerians - Alake

Briefing newsmen about the details of the meeting, Alake disclosed that Nuhu Ribadu, the national security adviser (NSA), "allayed everybody’s fears and spoke on the tightness of the security around the country.”

The Punch noted Alake's explanation.

The minister said:

“The national security adviser was on hand to present the security situation of the country, and he did inform the council of state about the pre-, during and post-events of the last protest which I do not call a protest.

“I call it a movement to effect a change of regime by force which was also resisted. The council thanked Nigerians at large for resisting an unconstitutional move.”

Speaking in the same vein, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the governor of Kwara and The chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF), said the council supported President Tinubu with prayers.

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Arise News quoted AbdulRazaq as saying:

“We also wish him well and pray for God and guidance for him.”

Alleged breach of professional standards in security

Meanwhile, in an interview with Legit.ng, Timothy Avele, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Agent-X Security Limited, shared his expert perspective on what security agencies should have done to avoid the violence that greeted the 'End Bad Governance in Nigeria' protest.

Avele explained:

"Before the commencement of the protest, security agencies started with some kind of threats to the protest's leadership instead of deploying conflict resolution methods. However, they later tried to do the right thing by directly engaging the protest leadership like what the IGP did. They should have begun earlier. This would have softened the situation more than what was observed."

He added:

"Secondly, in some instances, it was observed that the security agencies didn't observe the rule of minimum force engagement as live bullets were used as reported by the media. Live bullets should not be even issued for such assignments because once issued there is no way they will not be used."

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Buhari, others pass vote of confidence on Tinubu

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the council of state members passed a vote of confidence on President Tinubu.

The council expressed its trust in the reforms introduced by the Tinubu administration as well as the "achievements" recorded by his government in the last one year, two months.

Source: Legit.ng