Samuel Ilesanmi Alade

Samuel Ilesanmi Alade (born 18 March 1961) is a retired Nigerian Navy admiral who was the 15th Commandant of the National Defence College, Abuja and the Flag Officer Commanding Western Naval Command, Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria. He is the Balogun of Akure.

Education Sanmi obtained primary education at St John's Primary School, Oyin Akoko, Ondo State and attended Secondary School at Ajuwa Grammar School, Okeagbe in Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State. He attended to the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, where he was trained to be an officer in the navy. Apapa, Lagos and in 2015 the Chief of Naval Transformation at the Naval Headquarters, Abuja. In October, 2015 he became the Commandant of the National Defence College, Abuja, the highest strategic military training institution in Nigeria for 22 months before his retirement from the Nigerian Navy on 31 August 2017.