President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed former Governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel, and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Gbenga Daniel, a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governor of Ogun State from 1999 to 2007, was a former presidential campaign manager of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, during the PDP primary election in 2019.
Bankole was the Speaker of the House of Reps from 2007–2011 on the platform of the PDP.
The President, alongside his Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari, received both politicians into the APC at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday.
They were accompanied to the 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.
Gbenga Daniel made the headlines recently when he announced his defection to the ruling APC. He said this was a follow-up to his decision to support Governor, Dapo Abiodun, an APC candidate, to emerge the governor of the state.
