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.
[3] As a Navy Captain, Elegbede was appointed Military Governor of Cross River State between 28 July 1978 and 30 September 1979, when he handed over power to the elected civilian governor Clement Isong at the start of the Nigerian Second Republic.
[4] During his tenure, the Maritime Academy of Nigeria was established at Oron (now in Akwa Ibom State).
[5] 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] 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.