{"id":7573,"date":"2021-03-13T16:52:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T16:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7573"},"modified":"2021-03-13T16:52:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T16:52:52","slug":"former-house-of-reps-speaker-dimeji-bankole-sets-to-join-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7573","title":{"rendered":"Former house of reps speaker, Dimeji Bankole, sets to join APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Former house of reps speaker, Dimeji Bankole, sets to join APC<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Oladimeji Bankole, a former speaker of the house of representatives, is set to join the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Bankole was the candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) during the 2019 governorship election in Ogun.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a statement on Friday, Mamman Mohammed, spokesman of Mai Mala Buni, Yobe governor and chairman of APC caretaker committee, said the former speaker met with the leadership of the party on his planned defection.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cGov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe and Chairman, APC CECPC, today hosted Bankole and Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa,\u201d the statement reads.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe three leaders discussed on a wide range of political issues, including the movement of the former speaker and his supporters into APC.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cIt is evident that APC\u2019s opportunities in Ogun are growing and widening.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Reacting to Bankole\u2019s move to join the APC, Yabayi Sani, ADP national chairman, said he would not be surprised if the former speaker has decided to join the party.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThat is typical of an average Nigerian politician. They are only good in sharing, not in building,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Bankole\u2019s planned defection comes weeks after Gbenga Daniel, a former governor of Ogun state, decamped to the APC from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Source: The Cable<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former house of reps speaker, Dimeji Bankole, sets to join APC Oladimeji Bankole, a former speaker of the house of representatives, is set to join the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bankole was the candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) during the 2019 governorship election in Ogun. 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