A former House of Representatives Speaker Dimeji Bankole will on Friday 15 January take the marriage vows 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.
According to gathering, the ceremony will be low key owing to COVID-19 protocols.
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.
The bride, a lawyer and graduate of the University of Hull in the UK is a granddaughter of late political heavyweight and one time 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.
Friday’s event will be the culmination of a courtship that both families had kept very discreet.
The wedding will for sure bring to gether the two prominent political parties in the country. Bagudu is the Chairman of the APC Governors Forum while Tambuwal is the National Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum.
