Former Speaker of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Rt. Hon. Dimeji Bankole on Friday will tie the nuptial knot with Aisha Shinkafi Saidu, daughter of Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu.
But the ceremony will be low-key due to COVID-19 protocols, It was gathered.
Bagudu’s daughter is a foreign trained graduate of the University of Hull, United Kingdom where she read law.
The bride’s mother is the sister to the former Zamfara State 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 union in line with Islamic and traditional injunctions.
At the introduction ceremony, Sokoto State Governor and Bankole’s successor as House Speaker Aminu Tambuwal led the groom’s family to the bride’s family to seek her hand in marriage.
Bankole divorced his first wife in 2017.