After the news of their defection from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), former governor of Ogun State, Otumba Gbenga Daniel, and former speaker, House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole have officially been presented to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock, Abuja.
They were accompanied to the Presidential 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.
Daniel was governor of Ogun State from 2003 to 2011 to while Bankole was Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria (2007–2011) on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).