Muftau Adegoke Babatunde Elegbede//ⓘ (13 August 1939 – 19 June 1994) or Tunde ElegbedeListenⓘ was Chief of Nigeria's Defence Intelligence Agency from July 1986 to January 1990 and Military Governor of Cross River State, Nigeria between July 1975 and October 1978.[1][2]
Elegbede attended the Methodist Boys High School in Lagos.[3]
During the military regime of General Muhammadu Buhari that followed the Second Republic after a 31 December 1983 coup, Elegbede was Chairman of the Kaduna Zone military tribunal, which was set up to try public officers from the previous civilian regime who had been accused of embezzling public funds.[6]
He was appointed director of the Defence Intelligence Agency, and was later head of administration in Defence Headquarters under General Ibrahim Babangida.[7]
In September 1985, Commodore Elegbede was Flag Officer Commanding, Sea Training Command. He was a member of Babangida's Armed Forces Ruling Council from 1983 to 1993.[6]
Death
Elegbede was gunned down by gunmen on 19 June 1994 along the Gbagada/Owonshoki expressway in Lagos, hit by more than 70 automatic rifle bullets.[6]
In July 2001, three of the seven suspected robbers were formally charged.
However, as of September 2009, nobody had been convicted of the murder.[8]
References
^"Nigerian States". WorldStatesmen. Archived from the original on 23 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
^Edward F. Mickolus, Susan L. Simmons (1997). Terrorism, 1992-1995: a chronology of events and a selectively annotated bibliography. ABC-CLIO. p. 626. ISBN0-313-30468-8.
