The Nigerian Navy, 1956-1966: Manpower And Platform Development And The First Court Martial
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This paper examined the establishment of the Nigerian Navy and the circumstances surrounding its origin. It narrated the conditions that led to the first naval court martial, examining if there was any ethno coloration in the event. The research also studied the sources, as well as the nature of its early development within the first ten years of its existence. The research in addition analyzed the impact of the British or colonial government on the creation of the Nigerian Navy. The study relied heavily on documentary data and lightly on oral data. The oral data were based on unstructured interviews with few former senior naval officers; and the documentary data were sourced from colonial government annual departmental reports, correspondence, books and magazines. The oral data were transcribed for analysis. The documentary data were subjected to textual and contextual analysis. The researcher found out that the emergence of the Nigerian Navy was the result of interplay of forces such as the ex Royal naval officers, Nigerian nationalists and the colonial administrators. It examined the first court martial.
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William Abiodun Duyile. (2024). The Nigerian Navy, 1956-1966: Manpower And Platform Development And The First Court Martial. Polit Journal Scientific Journal of Politics, 4(1), 27-37. https://doi.org/10.33258/polit.v4i1.1066
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HR Sessional Paper No.6, 26 March 1956, p.10
HR Debates, 26 March 1956, p.22
HR Debates, 26 March 1956, p.23
Ibid.,p.24
Ibid.,p.17
Ibid.,p.20
Ibid.,p.21
Ibid.,p.22
Ibid
Ibid.
Ibid.,p.8
Statement of Policy proposed by the Government for the Establishment of the Nigerian Naval Force, Appendix A
Ibid.
HR Sessional Paper No.6, 26 March 1956, p.10
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year 1957-58,p.1
Ibid.,p.3
Ibid.
Interview with Professor Thomas Imobighe (Nigerian Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, Jos) at Ozalla on 15 June 2014
Thomas Imobighe, “The Nigerian Navy- Evolution and Modernisation,”, paper presented at the Nigerian Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Nigeria, May 21, 1980, p.72.
Ibid.,p.73
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year, 1957-58, AR.5/N1, NAI,p.3
Ibid
Ibid.,p.4
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year 1956-57,AR.4/N1.
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year 1957-58,p.3
Ibid.
Ibid.,p.1
Statement of Policy proposed by the Government for the Establishment of the Nigerian Naval Force, Appendix A
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year 1957-58,p.1
Ibid.
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year 1956-57,p.5
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year 1957-58,p.4.
Ibid.,p.1
Ibid.,p.4
Ibid.
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year 1956-57,p.4
Ibid.,p.3
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year 1957-58,p.4
Ibid.,p.5.
HR Sessional Paper No.6, 26 March 1956,p.10
Interview with Retired Commander Akinfemi Duyile (former Nigerian Navy Hydrographer) at Lagos on 2 October, 2008. He died August 9, 2011
Statement of Policy proposed by the Government for the Establishment of the Nigerian Naval Force, Appendix B
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year 1956-57,p.2
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year, 1957-58,p.2
Ibid.,p.3
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year 1956-57,p.3.
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year 1957-58,p.6
Ibid.
Ibid.,p.5.
Departmental Annual Reports for the Nigerian Naval Force, 1956-57,1957-1958, NAI, CSO,1/115,p.8.
Ibid.
Ibid.,p.7.
Ibid.,p.6.
Departmental Annual Reports for the Nigerian Naval Force, 1956-57, 1957-58,p.4
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year 1957-58,p.6
The Nigerian Navy, The Making of the Nigerian Navy: A Chronicle of Events,(Abuja: Nigerian Directorate of Naval Information, 2006), p.95
Nelson B. Soroh, A Sailors Dream: Autobiography of Rear Admiral Nelson Bossman Soroh, (Lagos: Crucible Publishers, 2001), p.150
Soroh, A Sailors Dream: Autobiography of Rear Admiral Nelson Bossman Soroh, p.149
Interview with Rear Admiral Ola Adedeji (former Commandant, Nigerian Defence College) at Wuse in Abuja on 4 June, 2012
Soroh, A Sailors Dream: Autobiography of Rear Admiral Nelson Bossman Soroh, p.150
Ibid.
Nigerianisation of the Civil Service, Report by Sydney Phillipson and Mr Adebo,p.3
Soroh, A Sailors Dream: Autobiography of Rear Admiral Nelson Bossman Soroh, p.150
Ibid.
The Nigerian Navy, The Making of the Nigerian Navy: A Chronicle of Events,p.95
Ibid.
Anthony Kirk-Greene and Douglas Rimmer, Nigeria since 1970: A Political and Economic Outline (Suffolk: Hodder and Stoughton, 1981),p.xi
Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Navy in Historical Perspective (Abuja: Media Agency Publication, 2010),p.34
Interview with Rear Admiral Oladimeji at Agbara in Ogun State on 9 October, 2011
Petition Note to the Federal Government of Nigeria written by Ltcdr Chiazor(Rtd)
Soroh, A Sailors Dream: Autobiography of Rear Admiral Nelson Bossman Soroh, p.175
Petition Note to the Federal Government of Nigeria written by Ltcdr Chiazor(Rtd)
Ibid
Ibid
Ibid
Interview with Vice Admiral Akin Aduwo at Omole Estate in Lagos City on 12 October, 2011
Ibid
Interview with Ltcdr Onwura Zonyeuno Chiazor(Rtd) at Atuma in Delta State on 12 March, 2010
Interview with Vice Admiral Akin Aduwo
The Nigerian Navy, The Making of the Nigerian Navy: A Chronicle of Events,p.95
Interview with Vice Admiral Akin Aduwo
Ibid.
The Nigerian Navy, The Making of the Nigerian Navy: A Chronicle of Events,p.95
Soroh, A Sailors Dream: Autobiography of Rear Admiral Nelson Bossman Soroh, p.150
Ibid.
The Nigerian Navy, The Making of the Nigerian Navy: A Chronicle of Events,p.147
Olutunde Oladimeji, “Evolution of the Nigerian Navy”, http://nigeriannavy.gov.org(accessed January 8, 2010),p.5
Soroh, A Sailors Dream: Autobiography of Rear Admiral Nelson Bossman Soroh, p.150
The Sailor, Vol.10, July 1990
Ibid
The Nigerian Navy Documentary, shown on The Nigerian Television Authority, 8p.m,2006
Oladimeji, “Evolution of the Nigerian Navy”, p.6
Ibid
The Nigerian Navy, The Making of the Nigerian Navy: A Chronicle of Events,p.134
Interview with Vice Admiral Akin Aduwo
HR Debates, 26 March 1956, p.22
HR Debates, 26 March 1956, p.23
Ibid.,p.24
Ibid.,p.17
Ibid.,p.20
Ibid.,p.21
Ibid.,p.22
Ibid
Ibid.
Ibid.,p.8
Statement of Policy proposed by the Government for the Establishment of the Nigerian Naval Force, Appendix A
Ibid.
HR Sessional Paper No.6, 26 March 1956, p.10
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year 1957-58,p.1
Ibid.,p.3
Ibid.
Interview with Professor Thomas Imobighe (Nigerian Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, Jos) at Ozalla on 15 June 2014
Thomas Imobighe, “The Nigerian Navy- Evolution and Modernisation,”, paper presented at the Nigerian Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Nigeria, May 21, 1980, p.72.
Ibid.,p.73
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year, 1957-58, AR.5/N1, NAI,p.3
Ibid
Ibid.,p.4
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year 1956-57,AR.4/N1.
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year 1957-58,p.3
Ibid.
Ibid.,p.1
Statement of Policy proposed by the Government for the Establishment of the Nigerian Naval Force, Appendix A
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year 1957-58,p.1
Ibid.
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year 1956-57,p.5
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year 1957-58,p.4.
Ibid.,p.1
Ibid.,p.4
Ibid.
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year 1956-57,p.4
Ibid.,p.3
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year 1957-58,p.4
Ibid.,p.5.
HR Sessional Paper No.6, 26 March 1956,p.10
Interview with Retired Commander Akinfemi Duyile (former Nigerian Navy Hydrographer) at Lagos on 2 October, 2008. He died August 9, 2011
Statement of Policy proposed by the Government for the Establishment of the Nigerian Naval Force, Appendix B
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year 1956-57,p.2
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year, 1957-58,p.2
Ibid.,p.3
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year 1956-57,p.3.
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year 1957-58,p.6
Ibid.
Ibid.,p.5.
Departmental Annual Reports for the Nigerian Naval Force, 1956-57,1957-1958, NAI, CSO,1/115,p.8.
Ibid.
Ibid.,p.7.
Ibid.,p.6.
Departmental Annual Reports for the Nigerian Naval Force, 1956-57, 1957-58,p.4
Annual Report of the Nigerian Naval Force for the Year 1957-58,p.6
The Nigerian Navy, The Making of the Nigerian Navy: A Chronicle of Events,(Abuja: Nigerian Directorate of Naval Information, 2006), p.95
Nelson B. Soroh, A Sailors Dream: Autobiography of Rear Admiral Nelson Bossman Soroh, (Lagos: Crucible Publishers, 2001), p.150
Soroh, A Sailors Dream: Autobiography of Rear Admiral Nelson Bossman Soroh, p.149
Interview with Rear Admiral Ola Adedeji (former Commandant, Nigerian Defence College) at Wuse in Abuja on 4 June, 2012
Soroh, A Sailors Dream: Autobiography of Rear Admiral Nelson Bossman Soroh, p.150
Ibid.
Nigerianisation of the Civil Service, Report by Sydney Phillipson and Mr Adebo,p.3
Soroh, A Sailors Dream: Autobiography of Rear Admiral Nelson Bossman Soroh, p.150
Ibid.
The Nigerian Navy, The Making of the Nigerian Navy: A Chronicle of Events,p.95
Ibid.
Anthony Kirk-Greene and Douglas Rimmer, Nigeria since 1970: A Political and Economic Outline (Suffolk: Hodder and Stoughton, 1981),p.xi
Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Navy in Historical Perspective (Abuja: Media Agency Publication, 2010),p.34
Interview with Rear Admiral Oladimeji at Agbara in Ogun State on 9 October, 2011
Petition Note to the Federal Government of Nigeria written by Ltcdr Chiazor(Rtd)
Soroh, A Sailors Dream: Autobiography of Rear Admiral Nelson Bossman Soroh, p.175
Petition Note to the Federal Government of Nigeria written by Ltcdr Chiazor(Rtd)
Ibid
Ibid
Ibid
Interview with Vice Admiral Akin Aduwo at Omole Estate in Lagos City on 12 October, 2011
Ibid
Interview with Ltcdr Onwura Zonyeuno Chiazor(Rtd) at Atuma in Delta State on 12 March, 2010
Interview with Vice Admiral Akin Aduwo
The Nigerian Navy, The Making of the Nigerian Navy: A Chronicle of Events,p.95
Interview with Vice Admiral Akin Aduwo
Ibid.
The Nigerian Navy, The Making of the Nigerian Navy: A Chronicle of Events,p.95
Soroh, A Sailors Dream: Autobiography of Rear Admiral Nelson Bossman Soroh, p.150
Ibid.
The Nigerian Navy, The Making of the Nigerian Navy: A Chronicle of Events,p.147
Olutunde Oladimeji, “Evolution of the Nigerian Navy”, http://nigeriannavy.gov.org(accessed January 8, 2010),p.5
Soroh, A Sailors Dream: Autobiography of Rear Admiral Nelson Bossman Soroh, p.150
The Sailor, Vol.10, July 1990
Ibid
The Nigerian Navy Documentary, shown on The Nigerian Television Authority, 8p.m,2006
Oladimeji, “Evolution of the Nigerian Navy”, p.6
Ibid
The Nigerian Navy, The Making of the Nigerian Navy: A Chronicle of Events,p.134
Interview with Vice Admiral Akin Aduwo