As we speak, the big guns in Nigerian social and political scene are already in Abuja as Dimeji Bankole, a former house of representatives speaker, is set to tie the knot with Aisha Shinkafi Saidu, the daughter of Atiku Bagudu, Kebbi state governor.The wedding ceremony is billed to hold on January 15 and comes nearly four years after the former speaker’s divorce of his first wife in 2017.
The bride, a lawyer and graduate of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom, is also a granddaughter to Umaru Shinkafi, a late Nigerian intelligence chief and former federal commissioner of internal affairs.Aisha’s mother is Shinkafi’s daughter and a sister to Aliyu Shinkafi, a former governor of Zamfara state.Bankole, on the other hand, is a politician
The Nikkah ceremony which took place recently in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State capital, saw four governors in attendance, while the wedding fatiha which comes up in Abuja on January 15 is expected to have political bigwigs across the country to witness the occasion. Serving and former governors with members of parliament are expected to be present at the occasion.
Dimeji Bankole has the background of a Yoruba Muslim from Egba land. His father, Alani Bankole is a businessman and politician who was the former National Vice-Chairman and Acting Chairman of All Nigeria People’s Party, (ANPP). He is also the holder of traditional chieftaincy titles of Oluwa of Iropo Ake and the Seriki Jagunmolu of Egba land.
The Nikkah ceremony which took place recently in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State capital, saw four governors in attendance, while the wedding fatiha which comes up in Abuja on January 15 is expected to have political bigwigs across the country to witness the occasion. Serving and former governors with members of parliament are expected to be present at the occasion.
Dimeji Bankole has the background of a Yoruba Muslim from Egba land. His father, Alani Bankole is a businessman and politician who was the former National Vice-Chairman and Acting Chairman of All Nigeria People’s Party, (ANPP). He is also the holder of traditional chieftaincy titles of Oluwa of Iropo Ake and the Seriki Jagunmolu of Egba land.
Bankole served as the 9th speaker of the house of representatives. Elected at 37, he is regarded as the youngest speaker in the history of the house of representatives.He was a 2019 Ogun state gubernatorial election candidate under the platform of the Action Democratic Party (ADP).Both families had earlier held an introduction ceremony where Aminu Tambuwal, Sokoto governor and Bankole’s successor as speaker of the house, led the groom’s people to the bride’s family home to seek her hand in marriage.It had kicked off the union of the couple in line with Islamic and traditional injunctions ahead of Friday’s event.
