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APC new converts, Daniel, Bankole, visit Buhari in Aso Rock

Former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, and a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, who recently defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), visited President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Aso Rock, Abuja

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 1999 to 2007 while Bankole was Speaker of the House of Representatives between 2007 and 2011, both on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

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