Samuel Ademulegun

Samuel Adesujo Ademulegun was a Nigerian officer in the Nigerian army. He was Commander[1] of the No 1 brigade in 1966, and attained the military rank brigadier-general.

Ademulegun was commissioned in 1949, and was one of the senior Officer Corps of the army along with Aguiyi Ironsi, Zakariya Maimalari and Babafemi Ogundipe. He was among those vying for the top army post of GOC in 1965 upon the retirement of the expatriate GOC. He was considered friendly with Ahmadu Bello which brought distaste to some junior officers who frowned at their commander fraternizing with politicians.

He and his wife were killed in the 1966 coup when coupists led by Timothy Onwuatuegwu, an instructor at the Nigerian Military Training College barged into his room and was shot dead on his bed.[2] [3]

References
  1. Federal Government of Nigeria (1965). Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette (PDF). 52. Lagos, Nigeria.: The Federal Ministry of Information, Printing Division.
  2. Muffett, D.J.M. (1982). Let truth be told (2. impr. ed.). Zaria, Nigeria: Hudahuda Pub. Co. p. 32. ISBN 9782368067.
  3. Ajayi, Adegboyega Isaac (2013). "Military regimes and nation building in Nigeria, 1966-1999". African Journal of History and Culture. 5 (7): 138–142.

Reading List
  • Abaya,, Angulu Samson (2008). "A Pragmatic Analysis of Nigerian Military Coup Announcements" (PDF). A Dissertation Submitted To The Post Graduate School, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in Partial Fulfilment of The Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (English Language): 375. [1]
  • Obi-Ani, Ngozika A.; Obi-Ani, Paul (2016). "January 15 1966 Coup d' Etat Reconsidered". Nsukka Journal of the Humanities. 24 (2). [2]



  1. Abaya,, Angulu Samson (2008). "A Pragmatic Analysis of Nigerian Military Coup Announcements" (PDF). A Dissertation Submitted To The Post Graduate School, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in Partial Fulfilment of The Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (English Language): 375.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  2. Obi-Ani, Ngozika A.; Obi-Ani, Paul (2016). "January 15 1966 Coup d' Etat Reconsidered". Nsukka Journal of the Humanities. 24 (2).
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