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Adekunle Fajuyi
Nigerian soldier
Adekunle Fajuyi | |
|---|---|
| In office 15 January&#;– 29 July | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Robert Adeyinka Adebayo |
| Born | 26 June Ado Ekiti, Nigeria |
| Died | 29 July () (aged&#;40) Ibadan |
| Political party | None (Military) |
Francis Adekunle FajuyiMC BEM (26 June &#;– 29 July ) 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 , and as a sergeant in the Nigeria Signal Squadron, Royal West African Frontier Force, was awarded the British Empire Medal in 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 until November , when he was short-service commissioned.[5] In , as the 'C' Company commander w