Bankole and others pose with President Muhammadu Buhari in Aso rock
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed two former members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Aso rock after they defected to the All Progressives Congress.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday formally received the former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Dimeji Bankole to the APC.
They were accompanied to the Presidential Villa by the Chairman, Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the APC, and Governor of Yobe, Mai Mala Buni, Governors of Jigawa State, Mohammed Badaru and Kebbi, Atiku Bagudu.
Daniel was governor of Ogun State from 2003 to 2011 to while Bankole was Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria (2007–2011) on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
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