Akintunde Akinsehinwa (11 November 1944-13 February 1976) was a Lieutenant in the Nigerian Army who was the aide-de-camp of Nigerian Head of State Murtala Mohammed. He was killed alongside his president on 13 February 1976.
Biography[]
Akintunde Akinsehinwa was born on 11 November 1944 in Ondo City, Ondo State, Nigeria. He served as a lieutenant under Benjamin Adekunle during the Nigerian Civil War, and in 1975 he became the aide-de-camp of Head of State Murtala Mohammed after he seized power from Yakubu Gowon's regime. On 13 February 1976, he was gunned down alongside Mohammed in his Mercedes while driving to a barracks in Lagos during Buka Suka Dimka's failed coup.