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Adekunle Fajuyi
Nigerian soldier
Adekunle Fajuyi | |
|---|---|
| In office 15 January – 29 July 1966 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Robert Adeyinka Adebayo |
| Born | 26 June 1926 Ado Ekiti, Nigeria |
| Died | 29 July 1966(1966-07-29) (aged 40) Ibadan |
| Political party | None (Military) |
Francis Adekunle FajuyiMC BEM (26 June 1926 – 29 July 1966) was a Nigerian soldier of Yoruba origin and the first military governor of the former Western Region, Nigeria.[1][2][3]
Originally a teacher and clerk, Fajuyi, a native of Ado Ekiti, joined the army in 1943, and as a sergeant in the Nigeria Signal Squadron, Royal West African Frontier Force, was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1951 for helping to contain a mutiny in his unit over food rations.[4] He was trained at the Eaton HallOfficer Candidate School in the United Kingdom from July 1954 until November 1954, when he was short-service commi