Council of State: Gowon, Abdulsalami, Jonathan, Buhari, govs, pass vote of confidence on President Tinubu.

The Council of State comprising former Presidents and Heads of State, the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, serving and retired Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, as well as State governors on Tuesday passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

This is as the Council of State has described the recent hunger and bad governance protest as an insurrection and a movement aimed at regime change.

The former leaders that passed the confidence vote on President Tinubu included Generals Yakubu Gowon, Muhammadu Buhari & Abdulsalami Abubakar, as well as former President Goodluck Jonathan.

The confidence vote was passed during the National Council of State meeting, presided over by President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Both former presidents Buhari & Jonathan attended the meeting physically while Generals Gowon & Abubakar joined virtually.