BREAKING: Former Speaker Dimeji Bankole Set To Join APC—Dimeji Bankole, Former Speaker of House of Representatives has met behind a closed door with two governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in his bid to join the party.
The Genius Media Nigeria reports that Bankole, Friday in Abuja, met with the Yobe state governor and Chairman APC Caretaker Committee, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, in company of Jigawa state governor Abubakar Badaru.
Bankole is a member of the opposition Action Democratic Party (ADP).
Confirming the development through a statement signed by Buni’s Director General of Press and Media Affairs, Mamman Mohammed, said “the three leaders discussed on a wide range of political issues including the movement of the former Speaker and his supporters into the party.”
According to Mohammed, it is evident that APC’s opportunities in Ogun state is growing and widening.
Recently, a former governor of Ogun state, Otumba Gbenga Daniel who was also former Director General of PDP’s Atiku Abubakar Presidential campaign organization has joined the party.
