The wedding bell is tolling for former speaker of the House
of Representatives Dimeji Bankole, three years after he divorced his first
wife.
Bankole will on Friday 15 January tie the nuptial knot with
Miss Aisha Shinkafi Saidu, granddaughter, of Umaru Shinkafi, former head of
Nigeria’s security organisation.
Aisha is also daughter of Kebbi Governor, Atiku Bagudu, who
doubles as chairman of the APC Governors Forum
The bride, is a lawyer and graduate of the University of
Hull in the UK.
The bride’s mother is Shinkafi’s daughter and a sister to
the former Zamfara Governor, Aliyu Shinkafi.
A statement from the Bankole family of Iporo, Abeokuta
disclosed that a quiet introduction between the two families had taken place.
At the introduction, Sokoto Governor and Bankole’s successor
as Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, led the groom’s
family to the bride’s family home to seek her hand in marriage.
Tambuwal, who chairs the PDP Governors’ Forum will also be
on hand to lead Dimeji Bankole’s family to the solemnisation ceremony.
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