The former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, is set to tie the nuptial knot with the daughter of the Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, A’isha Shinkafi Sa’idu, on Friday 15th January.
Dimeji Bankole, who had divorced his first wife in 2017, had in the past few years been a much sought after bachelor in the circle of eligible spinsters both within and outside Nigeria. Fridays marriage ceremony will draw the curtain on rife speculations regarding his matrimonial intentions since the divorce.
The bride, a lawyer and graduate of the University of Hull in the UK is a granddaughter of late political heavyweight and onetime head of Nigerias security organization Alhaji Umaru Shinkafi, Marafan Sokoto.
A statement from the Bankole family of Iporo, Abeokuta, disclosed that a quiet introduction between the two families had taken place a few weeks earlier to kick-off the joining together, in line with Islamic and traditional injunctions.
Fridays event will be the culmination of a courtship that both families had kept very discrete. Political observers, however, note that the marriage would appear to straddle Nigerias great political divide, as Bagudu is the Chairman of the APC Governors Forum, while Tambuwal is the National Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum.
