Nigeria: Representatives Compound Bankole's Woes

11 October 2011

Former speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole may have stirred the hornet's nest with his alleged purchase of his official residence for N45m and his reported deal to rent it to his successor, Hon Aminu Tambuwal, for N40m. The House is raising serious questions over the purported deal.

LEADERSHIP gathered last night that the House had concluded plans to retrieve the official residence from Bankole on the grounds that the alleged arrangement was not only illegal but a slap on the integrity of the 7th Assembly.

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