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Adekunle Fajuyi
Francis Adekunle Fajuyi, BEM (26 June 1926 – 29 July 1966) was a Nigerian soldier 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〔 London Gazette: 1 June 1951 Issue 39243, Page 3087〕 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.〔 London Gazette: 21 January 1955, Issue 40389, Page 500〕 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 unit from an ambush.〔London Gazette
19 December 1961 Issue 42545, Page 9289〕 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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