A former House of Representatives Speaker Dimeji Bankole will on Friday 15 January tie the nuptial knot with Miss Aisha Shinkafi Saidu, daughter of Kebbi Governor, Atiku Bagudu.
Bankole, who
divorced his first wife in 2017, has been a much sought -after bachelor in the
circle of eligible spinsters within and outside Nigeria.
Friday’s
marriage ceremony will draw the curtain on 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 Nigeria’s security organisation
Alhaji Umaru Shinkafi, Marafan Sokoto.
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 took place to kick off the joining together in line
with Islamic and traditional injunctions.
At the introduction
ceremony, 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.
Friday’s
event will be the culmination of a courtship that both families had kept very
discreet.
Political
observers however note the marriage would appear to straddle Nigeria’s great
political divide as Bagudu is the Chairman of the APC Governors Forum while
Tambuwal is the National Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum.
The ceremony
will be low key owing to Covid-19 protocols.
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