They were accompanied by the Governor of Yobe State who is also the Chairman, Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the APC, Jigawa, and Kebbi State governors who presented them as new members of the party.

Gbenga Daniel was governor of Ogun State from 1999 to 2007, while Dimeji Bankole was the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2007-2011 on the platform of the PDP.

Gbenga Daniel, had in March, 2019 announced he was resigning from partisan politics in a letter to the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, dated March 14, 2019.

According to him, the decision is based on the desire to immerse himself in some other vocations and to take on some new challenges.

“My decision in this regard is entirely personal to me and having served in various capacities, including as Governor of Ogun State, I have resolved to immerse myself in some other vocations and take on some new challenges,” he said.

Shortly afterwards, Daniels told journalists after a meeting with his supporters “from across” Ogun State that his supporters had made it clear to him that he could not quit politics right now, and that they want him to lead them to the APC.

He said, “You know that this process is about leading people and what we have done today is to call all of our people across the length and breathe of the state to subject our decision to a kind of plebiscite and, of course, you have seen what they have said.