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

Bankole is a polo player, and is a member of the Lagos Polo Club, where his position is defence. He also enjoys football.

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He is also an economist. Other committees he has sat on are the panels on Defence, Internal Affairs and Banking, and Currency. Bankole was re-elected in April He considers his legislative interests to be those related to defence and finance. 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.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and many top PDP members continued to back her, but a large segment of the party, led by Lawan and including Bankole, called for her resignation. It was reported that Bankole, among multiple other contenders, hoped to succeed her as early as 5 October After Etteh's resignation from the post on 30 October along with her deputy, who was also caught up in the scandal , Integrity Group anti-Etteh member Terngu Tsegba became interim speaker.

On 1 November, he was elected to succeed Etteh. The election began at