[size=14pt]Bankole seeks Obj's help to save job[/size]
Written by Shola Adekola
Wednesday, June 30, 2010

APPARENTLY troubled by the crisis rocking the House of Representatives, which led to the recent ultimatum given the Speaker of the House, Honourable Dimeji Bankole, to resign from his position, it has become obvious that the speaker is not leaving any stone unturned to save his face.




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The development became more obvious on Tuesday as the speaker was seen at the presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, to see former President Olusegun Obasanjo,  probably to seek his fatherly protection in the midst of the controversy.

The speaker, who got to the presidential lounge of the airport around 2.30 p.m., waited for Obasanjo for a crucial meeting.

Obasanjo, who arrived the lounge a few minutes later in company of his daughter, Kemi, was received by Bankole, who later went with him into the inner lounge for a meeting which lasted for about 30 minutes.

Bankole, on sighting Obasanjo, first removed his cap and prostrated flat on the floor in full respect, while Obasanjo in return, parted him on the back before they both went inside.

The drama might not be unconnected with the belief that the speaker had started mending fences with some key politicians in his home state and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the fracas that rocked the lower house recently.

All efforts made by  journalists to find out how their meeting went failed as none was willing to make any comment.

[size=14pt]Crisis: Reps scout for Bankole’s replacement [/size]
By Tordue Salem
Tuesday, June 29, 2010

ABUJA— MEMBERS in the two major divides in the House of Representatives, comprising those in support of Speaker Dimeji Bankole and the Dino Melaye-led Progressives Forum, recently involved in a fracas on the floor of the House were, weekend, scouting for a possible replacement for Bankole in case the Speaker was “inevitably” removed over allegations of corruption.





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Vanguard learnt that they went a step further to put forward the name of the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Ademola Adeseun, to succeed embattled Dimeji Bankole.

The suspended leader of the Progressives, Daniel ‘Dino’ Melaye, PDP, Kabba/Ijumu/Kogi, told Vanguard that lawmakers comprising members of the Progressives and some of those he referred to as “so-called members who are for the Speaker”, met on Saturday in Abuja to pick Adeseun as the tentative successor to Bankole.

Dino in a phone chat said the members settled for the PDP-lawmaker from Egbeda in Oyo State, because they wanted the projects they voted for in the 2010 budget protected.

He said: “Some members met on Saturday, somewhere in Abuja, and chose Adeseun to succeed Bankole as Speaker, and what I am telling you is very authentic. You can go and verify it anywhere. They (the members) are propping him up, because they feel, as Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, he will protect their interests in the budget.

Constituency projects

“You know the budget was padded up by members, constituency projects, so most of the members want their interests protected, and they feel that it is only him that can protect their interests.”

Meanwhile, more facts emerged on how the Progressives’ lost out in the protest against the reading of a motion that suspended 11 of its membership.

A member of the House who hails from Imo State said: “Many members who were not happy the way this guy handled committees were ready to back Dino and his group. It was a matter of somebody rising up with a strong-worded counter-motion and insisting that issues raised by the group be addressed rather than sacking Dino and others.”

The source regretted that “the approach used by the group was not the right one,” adding: “They would have waited for the motion to finish, then you would have seen other members who were looking for opportunity to address the problems in the House begin to speak against their suspension, and at the end of the day, they would have got what they wanted.”

The lawmaker who is one of the youngest among the members of the South-east Caucus, is one of the closest to the Speaker of the House, and a Deputy Chairman of a key Committee. Though not yet a member of the Progressives, the legislator said: “Come to think of it, they (the Progressives) have a case.”

Decision to stand on Bankole’s side

Another member from Anambra State, who is expected to clinch the Works Committee, said: “The suspension motion could have been dismissed, because it did not strictly follow, laid down parliamentary procedure, if the suspended lawmakers conducted themselves well.”

The House of Representatives had on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 suspended 11of its members for breaching the Legislative Houses (Powers and Privileges) Act, the House Rules.

The members that were suspended are Reps Dino Melaye, Ehiogie West Idahosa, Independence Ogunewe, Solomon Awhinawhi, Austin Nwachukwu, Abba Anas, Gbenga Oduwaiye, Kayode Amusan, Gbenga Onigbogi, Bitrus Kaze and Doris Uboh.

wetin bankole do you beaf.

Bankole, on sighting Obasanjo, first removed his cap and prostrated flat on the floor in full respect, while Obasanjo in return, parted him on the back before they both went inside.

Na lie!

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This prostration thing these Yorubas do always make me laugh.

Where are the pictures. I would have loved to see this man groveling at the feet of OBJ.

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beaf you make me laugh, why do you hate yorubas, leave me a message.

Beaf I would love to see you . call my number.

Beaf:

Na lie!

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they are both Yoruba now, and in Yoruba tradition the young 'dobale' (prostrate) for the elder. Obj is older than Bankole's father.

He dobale same way for Awujale recently. He is trying to show he is still a good Yoruba 'boy'

Prostrating for an elderly person is not a big deal in Yoruba culture, it would have beeen more out of place for Bankole to attempt to bow while stretching forth his hand to shake OBJ. And forget the speakership fuss, that was the way he was brought up back in Egba.

At the end of the day, if God wishes, he will retain the speakership till the end of this legslative year and if God decides not, so be it.

But one thing is assured,  if its found out that GEJ is behind all these, then he should as well forget the presidency come 2011.

there's nothing wrong for him prostrating, or even rolling on the ground for obj. obj is an 'old man'; and in yoruba culture a young male is expected to prostrate in greeting an elderly person, not even when the person is as old as his father. anyway, from another perspective, i would say it signifies patron-client relationship. bankole has to do this for obj to save his ass from being kicked. 'birds of a feather', they are!

bankole ''s days are numbered. he should go and marry and make up with Gbenga Daniel( the cruel one) for the forthcoming gubernatorial election

Did OBJ's daughter knee down to greet him(Bankole) as well? if not that girl must be oyinbo spec!