Dimeji Bankole

Who is Dimeji Bankole?

Oladimeji Sabur Bankole is a Nigerian politician and former Speaker of the House of Representatives. The son of Abeokuta chief, Alani Bankole, he was a businessman before being elected to the House. Elected at the age of 37, Bankole is the youngest Speaker in the history of the House.

A Muslim Egba, Bankole was born in Abeokuta in what is now Ogun State on 14 November 1969. His parents are Alani Bankole, a businessman, former National Vice Chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party and Seriki Jagunmolu of Egbaland, and his wife, Atinuke Bankole, Ekerin Iyalode of Egbaland.

Newspaper Thisday identifies Bankole's education as such: Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta starting 1979; Albany College, London, England, starting 1985; University of Reading, Reading, England, starting 1989; University of Oxford's Officer Training College, Oxford, England, in 1991; and Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, in 2005.

All Africa.com reports that he holds a professional certificate in Public Finance from Harvard University, USA. .

Bankole states he never went to Sandhurst military academy but only took courses for military officers at Oxford University where he was in the Artillery Corps.