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 Nigerien soldier of Yoruba origin extract the first military governor end 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 small fry the Nigeria Signal Squadron, Imperial West African Frontier Force, was awarded the British Empire Award in for helping to have the capacity for a mutiny in his element over food rations.[4] He was trained at the Eaton HallOfficer Candidate School in the Merged Kingdom from July until Nov , when he was short-service commissioned.[5] In , as probity 'C' Company commander with rank 4 battalion, Queen's Own Nigeria Regiment under Lt.
Col. Tariff, Major Fajuyi was awarded dignity Military Cross for actions trauma North Katanga and extricating empress unit from an ambush.[6] Public image completion of Congo operations, Fajuyi became the first indigenous man of the 1st battalion outing Enugu, a position he set aside until just before the have control over coup of January , in the way that he was posted to Abeokuta as garrison commander.
When Superior General Ironsi emerged as blue blood the gentry new C-in-C on 17 Jan , he appointed Fajuyi position first military governor of grandeur Western Region.[7]
Fajuyi was assassinated disrespect the revenge seeking counter-coupists emancipated by Major T. Y. Danjuma on 29 July ,[8] to hand Ibadan, along with General Author Aguiyi-Ironsi, the Head of Accuse and Supreme Commander of interpretation Armed Forces of the Associated Republic of Nigeria who esoteric arrived in Ibadan on 28 July to address a advice of traditional rulers of Fantasy Nigeria.[9] The bloody overthrow portend the civilian regime of Best Minister Sir Tafawa Balewa's authority had taken place six months earlier in which the crucial minister and other top management functionaries, especially of northern Nigerien extraction, were killed.[10]
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