Navy Captain (retired) Joseph Adeduro Adeusi was governor of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria from August 1996 to August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.

[1] As administrator, Adeusi founded the Akwa United Football Club, which played their inaugural match against the Rangers International F.C of Enugu in December 1996.

[3] In January 1998 he had to deal with protests over an oil spill from a Mobil pipeline.

He spent over nine hours negotiating with several thousand demonstrators, eventually agreeing to establish a claims office in Eket.

[4] Navy Captain John Adeusi died on April 16, 2016, at the age of 76.