A former Speaker of the House of Representatives Dimeji Bankole, is set to wed Aisha Shinkafi Saidu, the daughter of Atiku Bagudu, Kebbi State governor.
The wedding ceremony is billed to hold on January 15, according to the families of both parties,
This is coming about four years after the former speaker divorced 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, a politician, had served as the ninth speaker of the House of Representatives.
Elected as speaker at 37, he is regarded as the youngest speaker the House has produced.
Bankole was a 2019 Ogun State gubernatorial election candidate under the platform of the Action Democratic Party (ADP).
Both families had reportedly held an introduction ceremony where Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal 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.
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