Dimeji Bankole | |
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| 11th Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria | |
| In office 1 November 2007 – 6 June 2011 | |
| Deputy | Usman Bayero Nafada |
| Preceded by | Patricia Etteh |
| Succeeded by | Aminu Waziri Tambuwal |
| Member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria from Ogun | |
| In office 3 June 2003 – 6 June 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Hon. Lasole Abraham Lanre |
| Succeeded by | Hon. Williams Olusegun |
| Constituency | Abeokuta South |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 November 1969 Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria |
| Political party | All Progressives Congress (APC) |
| Alma mater | University of Reading (BA) Harvard University (MPA) |
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| Website | www |
Sabur [1] Oladimeji "Dimeji" Bankole // (born 14 November 1969)[2] is a Nigerian politician who served as the 11th Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria. Elected at the age of 37,[3] he is the youngest Speaker in the history of Nigeria, as at July 2024.[4] He was the Action Democratic Party candidate in the 2019 Ogun State gubernatorial election but lost to the All Progressives Congress candidate, Dapo Abiodun. [5]
- ^ Also 'Saburi'
- ^ "See fine wedding fotos of Dimeji Bankole & Aisha Bagudu". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
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sun2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Bulacan, Annabella (1 November 2007). "Nigeria Parliament Elects New Speaker of the House". AHN. AHN Media. Archived from the original on 9 December 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2007.
- ^ Ebuzor, Chika (23 October 2018). "Ogun ADP unveils Dimeji Bankole as its guber Candidate". Pulse. Retrieved 24 January 2019.