Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo was not present at the meeting attended by Jonathan, Buhari, Gowon and Abubakar.
The National Council of State has insisted that any change in government in Nigeria must follow constitutional procedures.
The council also passed a vote of confidence in President Bola Tinubu over his “achievements” in the last year since he assumed office.
The National Council of State reacting to the recent #EndBadGovernance Protests frowned upon the call by some sections of the protesters for the resignation of President Bola Tinubu.
Those who attended the meeting physically were former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari, while former Heads of State, Generals Gowon Yakubu and Abdulsalami Abubakar joined the meeting virtually.
State governors, some deputy governors, Ministers, former Chief Justices of the Federation, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the National Security Adviser were among those who attended the meeting.
Briefing State House Correspondents shortly after the meeting, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq of Kwara State, said the Council commended the President for policy decisions he has taken since assuming office.
He said at a separate executive meeting between the Governors and President Tinubu after the National Council of State meeting, the governors also passed a vote of confidence in the President.
The Council received a report from the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu on the security situation in the country and a preliminary report on the recent protests.
The Minister of Solid Minerals, Dele Alake, who joined the Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq to brief State House Correspondents after the council meeting said the protests was viewed as a disguised attempt at disrupting the activities of the current administration.
“The council thanked Nigerians at large for resisting any unconstitutional move to change government,” Alake said.
