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.

[6] Bankole obtained a Master of Public Administration degree from John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA in 2005.

[8] In 2014, he became a Mason Fellow in Public Policy and Management at John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA.

[10] An economist,[11] Bankole is Chairman, Aspire Integrated Consultants Nigeria (since 2012) and Vice President, Africa House London (since 2016).

She denied wrongdoing, but many representatives were unhappy with her attempts to defend herself, blows were traded on the floor of the House, and Etteh had to be escorted from the chamber.

[15] Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and many top PDP members continued to back her,[16] but a large segment of the party, led by Lawan and Bankole, called for her resignation.

The House was short of the statutory 360 members because three (Moses Segun Oladimeji, Joe Anota and Aminu Shuaibu Safana) died.

[20] In his acceptance speech, entitled "We Stand Upon The Threshold of History",[20] Bankole said "I am taking over the mantle of leadership at a very difficult time.

[24] In total, the House of Representatives ensured the return of about 1 trillion naira unspent funds by MDA's as part of the annual budgetary process under Bankole's speakership.

Also, the House of Representatives discovered that about 5 trillion Naira generated revenue were never remitted by MDA's for the past 5 years before investigation.

[25] Under Bankole, the 64 billion naira contract for the second runway for the Nnamdi Azikwe Airport in Abuja was investigated and found to be grossly inflated.

[29] Ex-Speaker, Dimeji Bankole on Saturday 6 March 2018, emerged as the governorship candidate of the (ADP) Action Democratic Party in Ogun State in advance of the Nigeria general elections in 2019.

[32] The wedding was held at Harrow Park, Ahmadu Bello Way, Abuja and it had in attendance several prominent figures including Aminu Tambuwal the current governor of Sokoto state.