Rear Admiral DO Ajatoye

Rear Admiral Durojaiye Olusegun Ajatoye was born on 18 July 1963 in Agege, Lagos State. He attended Maryland Comprehensive Secondary School in Lagos where he acquired his West African Examination Certificate in 1981. He was enlisted into the Nigerian Navy (NN) as a member of 4th Regular Course of Nigerian Naval College (NNC), Onne in Port Harcourt in March 1983. On completion of the cadet training course at NNC in 1985, he had his sea-going cadetship training onboard NNS OBUMA and the Midshipman course onboard NNS ARADU. He was nominated for the Basic Engineering Course (BEC) in India in December 1986 and was commissioned a Sub-Lieutenant in January 1987.
Immediately after his commission into the Nigerian Navy, he was appointed onboard NNS OHUE as a Watch Keeping Officer (WKO). He had served onboard various NN vessels which include NNS ARADU, NNS LANA, NNS AMBE and NNS SIRI.  The senior officer had also attended several professional/military courses. Among these are the Officers’ Application Course (OAC) in Weapons Engineering, Intermediate Level Maintenance Course (ILMC) in Fire Control as well as the Junior and Senior Staff Courses at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College.
The senior officer had also been opportuned to serve on shore establishments in various capacities. Some of the appointments held are the Manager of Electrical Workshop at Naval Dockyard Limited, Officer-in-Charge of Weapons Engineering School at NNEC and Weapon Electrical Officer on NNS ARADU. Additionally, he served as the Command Technical Officer at Logistics Command and Deputy General Manager Plans at Naval Dockyard Limited. 
In 2010, the senior officer was nominated for the National Defence College (NDC), Abuja for the NDC Course 19. On graduation, he was appointed Director Ship Spares at the Naval Headquarters before he was later appointed as Directing Staff at NDC.  On completion of his tour of duty at NDC, he was appointed to Fleet Support Group (Central) as the Commander where he served till December 2014. Currently, he is the Director Weapons Engineering and the Acting Chief of Naval Engineering at the Naval Headquarters, Abuja.
Rear Admiral Ajatoye is happily married and the marriage is blessed with 3 children. His hobbies include table tennis, football, squash and golf. He is decorated with several military honours. Additionally, he is a member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (MNSE) and the Council for the Registration of Engineers in Nigeria (COREN).