Biography of ayoade adeyinka adesokan

Nigerian general (–)

Robert Adeyinka AdebayoListen^ⓘ (9 March – 8 March ) was a Nigerian Army major general who served as governor of the now defunct Western State of Nigeria, –^[1] He was also Chief of Staff of the Nigerian Army and was Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy.

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Early life

Adeyinka Adebayo was born in , the son of a Public Works employee from Iyin Ekiti, near Ado Ekiti, (present day Ekiti State), Nigeria. He was educated at All Saints School, Iyin-Ekiti, and later attended Eko Boys High School and Christ's School Ado Ekiti.

He joined the West African Frontier Force in as a regiment signaller and later completed the Officer Cadet Training Course in Teshie, Ghana from to After passing the War Office Examination for Commonwealth cadets in as well as the West African qualifying examination in , he was commissioned as an officer in the Royal West African Frontier Force (RWAFF) as the 23rd West African military officer with