General Benjamin Adekunle (rtd), popularly known as ‘Black Scorpion’ is
dead. His wife, Folake, said he died Saturday morning in Lagos although
the cause of his death was not revealed. Adekunle was born in Kaduna.
His father was a native of Ogbomosho, while his mother was a member of
the Bachama tribe. He underwent secondary education at the government
college, Okene (in present day Kogi State).
He enlisted in the
Nigerian Army in 1958 shortly after completing his school certificate
examinations. He passed the army selection examinations and thereafter
was despatched to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the UK, the
British Army’s initial officer entry academy. He was commissioned 2nd
Lieutenant on December 15, 1960.
