John Alechenu, Abuja
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, and 32 others have been named as members of the Action Democratic Party’s mobilisation committee for the 2019 general elections.
The ADP made this public at an event at the party’s headquarters in Abuja, on Thursday.
The Chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees, Chief Alani Bankole, who was at the unveiling ceremony confirmed that his son, the former Speaker, who was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, is now a chieftain of the ADP.
In response to a question as to whether the former Speaker was nursing any political ambition on the party’s platform, the senior Bankole said, “The man you are talking about is almost 50 years old, he can speak for himself and I am sure you have access to him, you can ask him.”
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