Dimeji Bankole, a former speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, met behind closed doors on Thursday.
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It was reported that the meeting lasted for about two hours, after Bankole arrived the Oke-Mosan secretariat around 4:12pm.
The former speaker recently defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), alongside former governor of the state, Gbenga Daniel.
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The two politicians met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, on Monday .
The PUNCH reports that Bankole’s defection is a plot to check the popularity of the immediate past governor, Ibikunle Amosun.
Both Amosun and Bankole are from the Ogun Central Senatorial district, which is believed to be a strong base for the victory of any political party in any election in the state.
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Though details of the meeting was not disclosed, the newspaper said Bankole was brought in to make the second term ambition of Abiodun easy in the district.
When asked of his impression of the Abiodun administration, Bankole was quoted as saying, “So far, so good.”
He added that his meetings with both Buhari and the governor had “good outcomes.”
When asked about what he would bringing to the APC, he replied: “You would soon find out.”
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