# Lawrence Anini
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{{Short description|Nigerian bandit (c. 1960–1987)}}
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{{Infobox criminal
| name = Lawrence Anini
| image =
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| birth_name = Lawrence Anini
| birth_date = 1960
| birth_place = [Benin City](/source/Benin_City), [Edo State](/source/Edo_State), [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria)
| death_date = {{death date |1987|03|29|df=y}}
| death_place = [Benin City](/source/Benin_City), Edo State, Nigeria
| death_cause = [Execution by firing squad](/source/Execution_by_firing_squad)
| spouse =
| children = 2[{{Cite news |last1=Adesina |first1=Michael |title=I'm proud of my father, Anini's son declares after 32 years |url=https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2019/04/21/im-proud-of-my-father-aninis-son-declares-after-32-years/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|newspaper=[P.M. News](/source/P.M._News)|access-date=11 May 2021 |date=21 April 2019}}]
| conviction = [Armed Robbery](/source/Robbery) and [Firearms](/source/Firearms)
| other_names = {{ubl|The Law|Ovbigbo}}
| partners = Monday Osunbor, Friday Ofege, Smallie, Henry Ekponwan, Eweka and Alhaji Zed Zed
| conviction_penalty = [Death](/source/Capital_punishment)
}}
'''Lawrence Nomanyagbon Anini''' (c. 1960 – March 29, 1987)[{{cite journal | url=https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/Abstract.aspx?id=116195 | title=Wound Ballistics, Reasonable Force and Anini's Incapacitation | author=P E Igbinovia | journal=International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice | date=Spring 1988 | volume=12 | issue=1 | pages=131–135 | doi=10.1080/01924036.1988.9688886 | url-access=subscription | archive-date=2016-03-04 | access-date=2012-11-16 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094731/https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/Abstract.aspx?id=116195 | url-status=dead }}] was a Nigerian bandit who terrorised [Benin City](/source/Benin_City) in the 1980s along with his sidekick, Monday Osunbor.[{{Cite web |last=Orodare |first=Michael |date=2021-04-13 |title=Lawrence Anini - the 26-year-old notorious robber who terrorized Nigeria |url=https://features.neusroom.com/lawrence-anini/ |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=Neusroom Features |language=en-US}}] He was captured and executed for his crimes.
==Arrest==
On December 3, 1986, he was caught at a house in [Benin City](/source/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.[Film of the execution broadcast by BBS TV Benin Channel 55] The country's military leader, [Ibrahim Babangida](/source/Ibrahim_Babangida), demanded a speedy trial. Anini was convicted of most of his charges and was executed on March 29, 1987, in Benin city.