Lawrence Anini

Lawrence Nomanyagbon Anini 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. 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.