Adekunle Fajuyi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Nigerian politician
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Place of Birth: Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
About Adekunle Fajuyi
- Francis Adekunle Fajuyi (26 June 1926 – 29 July 1966) was a Nigerian soldier of Yoruba origin.
- and the first military governor of the former Western Region, Nigeria. Originally a clerk, Fajuyi 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.
- He was trained at the Eaton Hall Officer Candidate School in the United Kingdom from July 1954 until November 1954, when he was short-service commissioned.
- In 1961, as the 'C' Company commander with the 4 battalion, Queen's Own Nigeria Regiment under Lt.
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- Price, Major Fajuyi was awarded the Military Cross for actions in North Katanga and extricating his unit from an ambush.
- On completion of Congo operations, Fajuyi became the first indigenous commander of the 1st battalion in Enugu, a position he held until just before the first coup of January 1966, when he was posted to Abeokuta as garrison commander.
- When Major General Ironsi emerged as the new C-in-C on 17 January 1966, he appointed Fajuyi the first military governor of the Western Region.
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