Lawrence Anini Explained

Lawrence Anini
Birth Name:Lawrence Anini
Birth Date:1960
Birth Place:Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
Death Place:Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
Death Cause:Execution by firing squad
Children:2[1]
Conviction:Armed Robbery and Firearms
Partners:Monday Osunbor, Friday Ofege, Smallie, Henry Ekponwan, Eweka and Alhaji Zed Zed
Conviction Penalty:Death

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.

References

Notes and References

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