Lawrence Anini
bank robber
- March 29, 1987 · Benin City
- 26 years
- executed
About Lawrence Anini
Lawrence Anini, appr. 26, Nigerian bandit, executed.
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|Lawrence Nomanyagbon Anini (c. 1960 – 29 March 1987) 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 3 December 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. The country's military leader, Ibrahim Babangida, demanded a speedy trial. Anini was convicted of most of his charges and was executed on 29 March 1987, in Benin city.
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