Rear Admiral Itunu Hotonu (born 18 January 1959) is a Nigerian naval officer[1][2] and architect.
[3][4] One of the first women officers[5] and amongst the first architects in the Nigerian Navy, she has served as a staff college instructor and abroad in Liberia.
[8][6] After graduating she worked in an architect's office for two years whilst she took her professional examinations.
[6] Hotonu applied to join the Engineering Corps of the Nigerian Army but was told there were no positions for women in that field.
[6] Hotonu was the first female officer to serve as an instructor at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College in Jaji.