Leyin ti o pegede ti o si kawe gboye ologun (War Office Examination for Commonwealth cadets) lodun, o tun tesiwaju lati rii pe oun kawe pegede ninu idanwo 1952 as well as ile iwe giga (the West African) lodun 1953 won fun un ni oye ologun nile eko ologun ti the Royal West African Frontier Force) gege bi omo iwo oorun Afirika eleeketalelogun to kawe gboye ologun (West African military officer), oun si ni omo orile-ede Naijiria keje ti o kawe gboye ologun bee leyin itesiwaju eko ologun re ni Eaton Hall lorile ede Geesi.. 
Tony Elumelu ni Alaga ati oga patapata Ile ifowopamọ UbáÀwọn Ìtọ́kasí.. 