Adekunle Fajuyi
Francis Adekunle Fajuyi MC 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. Originally a teacher and clerk, Fajuyi of Ado Ekiti joined the army in 1943 and as a sergeant in theNigeria 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. Col. Price, Major Fajuyi was awarded the Military Cross for actions in North Katanga and extricating his
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1966 Nigerian counter-coup1966 in NigeriaAdekunleC. Odumegwu OjukwuComprehensive High School, AiyetoroDeaths in July 1966Ekiti_StateFrancis Adekunle FajuyiHezekiah Ademola OluwafemiIbrahim BakoJohnson_Aguiyi-IronsiJoseph FadahunsiJuly 29LaluponList of NigeriansList of Yoruba peopleList of assassinations in AfricaList of governors of Western StateList of military governors of Nigerian regions (1966–67)Musa BityonɡNigerian Civil WarRemi Fani-KayodeRobert Adeyinka AdebayoShehu Musa Yar'AduaSupreme Military Council of Nigeria (1966–1979)Timeline of Igbo historyTimeline of Nigerian historyWilliam Walbe
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Adekunle Fajuyi
Francis Adekunle Fajuyi MC 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. Originally a teacher and clerk, Fajuyi of Ado Ekiti joined the army in 1943 and as a sergeant in theNigeria 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. Col. Price, Major Fajuyi was awarded the Military Cross for actions in North Katanga and extricating his
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Francis Adekunle Fajuyi MC BEM ...... overnor of the Western Region.
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