Lt. Cmdr E.O.A. Makinde descending
from a plane at Lome Airport, 1969
Photo capture
of my Father, Lieutenant Commander Emmanuel Makinde alighting from a jet at
Lome Airport behind Rear Admiral Joseph Wey, the Chief of Naval Staff of the
Nigerian Navy, on Saturday, November 8th 1969.
Rear Admiral
Wey is saluting General Gnassingbe Eyadema of Togo who was hosting a summit
with Nigeria’s Head of State, Major General Yakubu Gowon (second from left in
the foreground) and the later to arrive Ghanaian Head of State, Brigadier Akwasi
Afrifa.
© Adeyinka
Makinde (2019)
Adeyinka Makinde
is a writer based in London, England.
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