A Brief History of Nigeria’s Most Notorious Armed Robber *Lawrence Anini*

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Okkkay it like dix,just a 2 chatper work......am gona drop one by 12 d oda b4 eveny.... @pizzaro I need ur vvvip list @ritagold com read d story of d man frm ur domain @wyse-one @temmyjoy @pheranmmie041 @ele @konphido @nextangel @vict-vames @tenniebenson @jummybabe @khola46 @japhola @frankkay @eminem nd d rest d@ pizzaro will soon call

Dat wasnt a story

Owk bro give us news feeds

I've been hearing about this "anini" but i don't really know much about him.....timaya also said it in one of songs, "if to say i be thief i for become like anini".....am sure that man must be a notorious armed robber.

@crusher w@ did we call it den faretail #laughing in igbo#

Ok Bro.......Hit it

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lawrence anini!!!... Let me sit infront and enjoy d story.... Heard a lot abt ds hardened criminal.... Tanx @pizzaro

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Jst arivin @skookum @jummybabe @invincible tanks for de iv well i dont no about him so lookin forward for his history abi na story skookum bring it on joor nd pls tag me wen u does so u hear my bro

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Thanks Aunty Jummy @Jummybabe and Broda @Pizzaro. I av heard abt Anini and Oyenusi of Ibadan

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Lawrence Nomanyagbon Anini, was one of Nigeria’s most notorious armed robbers who held sway in the old Bendel State (Now Edo and Delta States). His reign in the 80s was so bloody that he was even discussed at the State Security Council meeting. Anini was born in 1960, and was executed on March 29, 1987, following his conviction by a Benin High Court for armed robbery. Anini was born in a village about 20 miles from Benin City in present day Edo State. Anini, dreadfully called ‘The Law’ or ‘Ovbigbo,’ migrated to Benin at an early age, learned to drive and became a skilled taxi driver. He became known in Benin motor parks as a man who could control the varied competing interests among motor park touts and operators. He later delved into the criminal business in the city and soon became a driver and transporter for gangs, criminal godfathers and thieves. play Later on, he decided to create his own gang which include, Monday Osunbor, Ofege, and others, and they started out as car hijackers, bus robbers and bank thieves. Gradually, he extended his criminal acts to other towns and cities far north and east of Benin. The complicity of the police is believed to have triggered Anini’s reign of terror in 1986. In early 1986, two members of his gang were tried and prosecuted against an earlier under-the-table ‘agreement’ with the police to destroy evidence against the gang members. The incident, and Anini’s view of police betrayal, is believed to have spurred retaliatory actions by Anini. In August, 1986, a fatal bank robbery linked to Anini was reported in which a police officer and others were killed. That same month, two officers on duty were shot at a barricade while trying to stop Anini’s car. During a span of three months, he was known to have killed nine police officers. play In an operation in August of 1986, the Anini team struck at First Bank, Sabongida-Ora, where they carted away N2, 000. But although the amount stolen was seen as chicken feed, they left the scene with a trail of blood. Many persons were killed. On September 6, same year, the Anini gang snatched a Peugeot 504 car from Albert Otoe, the driver of an Assistant Inspector General of Police, Christopher Omeben. In snatching the car, they killed the driver and went to hide his corpse somewhere. It was not until three months later that the skeleton of the driver was spotted 16 kilometers away from Benin, along the Benin-Agbor highway. A day after this attack, Anini, operating in a Passat car believed to have been stolen, also effected the snatching of another Peugeot 504 car near the former FEDECO office, in Benin. play Two days after, the Anini men killed two policemen in Orhiowon Local Government Area of the state. Still in that month, three different robbery attacks, all pointing to Anini’s involvement, took place. A day after the operation, Anini, The Law, turned to a ‘Father Christmas’ as he strew wads of naira notes on the ground for free pick by market men and women at a village near Benin. Anini thus spear-headed a four-month reign of terror between August and December 1986. Anini also reportedly wrote numerous letters to media houses using political tones of Robin Hood-like words, to describe his criminal acts. My friend, where is Anini? Worried by the seeming elusiveness of Anini and his gang members, the then military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, ordered a massive manhunt for the kingpin and his fellow robbers. The police thus went after them, combing every part of Bendel State where they were reportedly operating and living. The whole nation was gripped with fear of the robbers and their daredevil exploits. play However, police manhunt failed to stop their activities; the more they were hunted, the more intensified their activities became. Some of the locals in the area even began totell stories of their invincibility and for a while, it felt like they were never going to be caught. However, at the conclusion of a meeting of the Armed Forces Ruling Council in October 1986, General Babangida turned to the Inspector-General of Police, Etim Inyang, and asked, ‘My friend, where is Anini? To Be Continued

Intrestinq... Anini nah baba ooo... *Followinq sha* . . @Invincible appear here asap...

Comming soon 2moro: Brief History Of Ishola Oyenusi popularly knwn has Dr Oyenusi(even though he is a secondry school drop out)

@skookum bring it on wot are u waitin for no let smash dat ur big head o

@skookum bring it on wot are u waitin for no let me smash dat ur big head o

I don come....oya serve d fairy tale

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@skookum.... We call it news...... inside africa to be precise

Quite an intresting article

ANINI hmmmm

thanks @Pizzaro

Thanks for the call Bro. @Pizzaro . . . Help me search Oxford Dictionary, I need answer to that question..."My Friend, where is Anini?"..... Buhari to deh fumble back then, ehn, him sef, them no born him well to face Anini yet he is asking a life as his to find him... . Nah God save Nigeria as a whole, if not, Anini would have robbed us all our live...(though there must be a reason why Policemen are always his victims, seems he has a motive)... Anini was/is a Role-Model for all the petty-thieves in Nigeria.......Vanity (he has enter Blacklist with his talent).... thats his own fate sha...

Anini is my boi bk den......

Haaaahaaaa @vibratingwind u done carry ur mouth making waka here.....

Ma bimi ni jamb question @babangida

At about this time, Nigerian newspapers and journals were also publishing various reports and editorials on the ‘Anini Challenge’, the ‘Anini Saga’, the ‘Anini Factor’, ‘Lawrence Anini – the Man, the Myth’, ‘Anini, Jack the Ripper’, and ‘Lawrence Anini: A Robin Hood in Bendel’. The Guardian asked, emphatically, in one of its reports: ‘Will they ever find Anini, “The Law”?’. His arrest Finally, it took the courage of Superintendent of Police, Kayode Uanreroro, to bring the Anini reign of terror to an end. On December 3, 1986, Uanreroro caught Anini at No 26, Oyemwosa Street, opposite Iguodala Primary School, Benin City, in company with six women. Acting on a tip-off from the locals, the policeman went straight to the house where Anini was hiding and apprehended him with very little resistance. Uanreroro led a crack 10-man team to the house, knocked on the door of the room, and Anini himself, clad in underpants, opened the door. “Where is Anini,” the police officer quickly enquired. Dazed as he was caught off guard and having no escape route, Anini all the same tried to be smart. “Oh, Anini is under the bed in the inner room”. As he said it, he made some moves to walk past Uanreroro and his team. play In the process, he shoved and head-butted the police officer but it was an exercise in futility. Uanreroro promptly reached for his gun, stepped hard on Anini’s right toes and shot at his left ankle. Anini surged forward but the policemen took hold of him and put him in a sitting position. They then pumped more bullets into his shot leg and almost severed the ankle from his entire leg. Already, anguished by the excruciating pains, the policemen asked him, “Are you Anini?” And he replied, “My brother, I won’t deceive you; I won’t tell you lie, I’m Anini.” While in the police net, Anini who had poor command of English and could only communicate in pidgin, made a whole lot of revelations. He disclosed, for instance that Osunbor, who had been arrested earlier, was his deputy, saying that Osunbor actually shot and wounded the former police boss of the state, Akagbosu. Anini was shot in the leg, transferred to a military hospital, and had one of his legs amputated. When Anini’s hideout was searched, police recovered assorted charms, including the one he usually wore around his waist during “operations”. play It was instructive that after Anini was captured and dispossessed of his charms, the man who terrorised a whole state and who was supposed to be fearless suddenly became remorseful, making confessions. This was against public expectation of a daredevil hoodlum who would remain defiant to the very end. Shortly after the arrest of Anini and co, the dare-devil robbers began to squeal, revealing the roles played by key police officers and men, in the aiding and abetting of criminals in Bendel State and the entire country. Anini particularly revealed that George Iyamu, who was the most senior police officer shielding the robbers, would reveal police secrets to them and then, give them logistic supports such as arms, to carry out robbery operations. Trial and execution Due to amputation of his leg, Anini was confined to a wheelchair throughout his trial. He was sentenced to death by Justice James Omo-Agege and executed on March 29, 1987 ------------------------------------------ Anini on Hospital Bed after arrest [IMG]http://i1.wp.com/www.tori.ng/userfiles/image/2015/nov/06/Anini4.JPG[/IMG] [IMG]http://i2.wp.com/www.tori.ng/userfiles/image/2015/nov/06/Anini.JPG?resize=407%2C575[/IMG], Anini and his gang on execution [IMG]http://i0.wp.com/www.tori.ng/userfiles/image/2015/nov/06/Anini2.JPG?resize=400%2C239[/IMG] [IMG]http://i0.wp.com/www.tori.ng/userfiles/image/2015/nov/06/Anini3.JPG[/IMG] [IMG]http://naijarchives.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/LAWRENCE-ANINI-AND-HIS-COHORTS-FIRE-SUAD_Naijarchives.jpg[/IMG]. Charms and amulet recover from his place of arrest [IMG]http://naijarchives.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/LAWRENCE-ANINI-CHARMS-AMULETS-CAUGHT-WITH_Naijarchives.jpg[/IMG] ------------------------------------------ Download Anini execution video here http://www.naijaonpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Notorious-Armed-Robber-Lawrence-Anini.mp4

Up next 2moro is the brief history of Ishola Oyenusi popularly kwn has Dr Oyenusi

Chai Anini c as u end ur life, uhm rip 2 u.... U are doing a gr8 job @Skookum

Life of a..........

Hmmmm,qudos @skookum... . . . i jst hope d story of dr oyenusi wud b exactly lyk d one actor Odunlade Adekola did...

Lol, I have read all there story.

@promzy i like anini but wont read this story

Cheii Daris God ooh..wah u sow u shall reap.

Jux landed Thanks to @Pizzaro 4 d mention Though av watch d movie years ago mayb 2008 then Buh i stil enjoy reading it here GoodjoB @Skookum

Lawrence Anini.. Remembered when they killed his mentor "BABA K" dat was when d whole issue of painting d town RED started.. . Back den u dare nt speak of HIM ANYWHERE for the fear of being attacked.. . Even on the execution day when they were to be killed DSP INYAMU sang one of d most memorable song of a dying convict. And one of dem almost cheated death when the bullets did nt pierce his skin...

@konphido I trow u salute ooo so u na witness d stuff.......abi na p.man or maley told u

Hmm... Omo...see fine boy ooo... Nice one @Skookum ...u be qrandfather o

Anini @Ele1's mentor.

[email protected] is good....chai.. people suffered ooo...@krizzy did i asked u to read it??? am confused sef...

@promzy w@ confusing u can be of help

@skookum...not u...was referring to@krizzy ...he complained that he won't read d stuff...nd i was like"did i tell him to read? nd thus telling him am confused cos i can't remember mentioning him...u grab??

@promzy i thought we are kul

Always! #smiles#..@krizzy

Wot a shit were was i den dis anini for no got out of hand like dix

Nigeria with notorious army robbers

we dey wait ooo@skookum

@adegunle3gmail-com y waitin 4 me

*winks* @promzy , i don dey lyk u small small

@skookum pls mention me when you want to start posting

@eminem cnt u see hav already complete it,it a short write up

lol@krizzy...

@promzy i mean am , just drop ur username for fb

Both of u @promzy nd @krizzy y u turn here to chat zone I beg giv ursel private msg jor.... ..... ...... Nd u @krizzy u na wan dey woo dix babe beside me abi

i have great respect 4 anini(my mentor) .. but ill modify is way of operation by being a righteous thief

Readed

@shookum i am only doing the lords will , lest lest i forget take ur eyes off her #lol.....@Ele1 go and be a priest

if i bcum priest .. i go give all d rev sis belle @krizzy

@skookum I know U av completed it. I'm only asking you to tag me when you start posting the story of Doctor Oyenusi

@ele-1 take am easy

@skookum, u did a nice job.

wow...The End of the show... 1980s with women... ashawo plenty that time?