Itunu Hotonu

Rear Admiral Itunu Hotonu (born 18 January 1959) is a Nigerian naval officer and architect. One of the first women officers and amongst the first architects in the Nigerian Navy, she has served as a staff college instructor and abroad in Liberia. In December 2012 she became the first female admiral in Africa.

Career Itunu Hotonu was born (as Itunu Tomori) on 18 January 1959. By the age of 13 she decided that she wanted to become an architect. Hotonu studied architecture at the University of Nigeria, where she was often the only woman in her classes. She then applied to the Navy, which did not have gender restrictions. She was the first woman to attend the academy and graduated as best overall student in her class of 73. In 2012 she spent time in Liberia mentoring women in that country's armed forces.

Personal life Hotonu is married to architect Abayomi Hotonu with whom she has three children.