Lawrence Anini

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Lawrence Anini
Born
Lawrence Anini

1960
Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
Died(1987-03-29)29 March 1987
Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad
Other names
  • The Law
  • Ovbigbo
Children2[1]
Conviction(s)Armed Robbery and Firearms
Criminal penaltyDeath
Accomplice(s)Monday Osunbor, Friday Ofege, Smallie, Henry Ekponwan, Eweka and Alhaji Zed Zed

Lawrence Nomanyagbon Anini (c. 1960 – March 29, 1987) [2] was a Nigerian bandit who terrorised Benin City in the 1980s along with his sidekick, Monday Osunbor. He was captured and executed for his crimes.

Arrest

On December 3, 1986, he was caught at a house in Benin City between 2nd and 3rd East Circular Road in the company of a girlfriend. His girlfriend was said to have betrayed him. His friends were arrested while he was shot in the leg, transferred to a military hospital. Several days after he was shot in the leg, one of his legs was amputated.[3] The country's military leader, Ibrahim Babangida, demanded a speedy trial. Anini was convicted of most of his charges and was executed on March 29, 1987 in Benin city.[2]

References

  1. ^ Adesina, Michael (21 April 2019). "I'm proud of my father, Anini's son declares after 32 years". P.M. News. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b P E Igbinovia (Spring 1988). "Wound Ballistics, Reasonable Force and Anini's Incapacitation". International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice. 12 (1): 131–135. doi:10.1080/01924036.1988.9688886.
  3. ^ Film of the execution broadcast by BBS TV Benin Channel 55