Abeokuta Lady Who Crushed On Ex-Rep Speaker, Dimeji Bankole Laments Over Wedding Plan With Kebbi State Gov's Daughter

 

ABEOKUTA - A young,  but gifted lady from Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, hometown of former speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Dimeji Bankole has expressed sadness over plans by the former Speaker to wed daughter of the Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu. 

Bankole according to family source would tie the nuptial knot with Miss Aisha Shinkafi Saidu, daughter of Kebbi Governor, Atiku Bagudu on Friday. 

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.

The bride, a lawyer and graduate of the University of Hull in the UK is a granddaughter of late political heavyweight and onetime 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.

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.

But this lady (name withheld) who reacted on the news of the Muslim wedding billed to hold tomorrow in Kebbi state, took to her WhatsApp status to condemned the Ex-Reps Speaker. 

She said in pidgin English, "Me that am crushing on him, he go and marry Hausa. Tell him.weldone o. The person wey go love them jejely, them no go see."