Ex-Gov of old western region, Adeyinka Adebayo is dead

A former governor of the old Western region, Gen. Adeyinka Adebayo (rtd),  is dead.

The cause of his death was not available as at press time.

The late Adebayo was born in 1928 in the present-day Ekiti state and joined the West African Frontier Force in 1948 as a regiment signaler.

He later reportedly completed the Officer Cadet Training Course in Teshie, Ghana from 1950 to 1952 and after passing the War Office Examination for Commonwealth cadets in 1952 and the West African qualifying examination in 1953, he was commissioned as an officer in the Royal West African Frontier Force (RWAFF) as the 23rd West African military officer with number WA23 and 7th Nigerian military officer with number N7.

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