Nigeria’s Most Wanted Man in 1980s (Lawrence Anini)

Mysteries Naija

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The program

Long before social media crime stories and CCTV cameras, one man held a whole country hostage, Lawrence Anini.

The people called him The Law, The Terror of Benin, Nigeria’s Most Wanted. Banks shut early. Drivers whispered. The streets of Benin and Warri turned cold whenever word like“Anini strikes again" spread.

But who was he really? A cold-blooded killer or a man built by a broken system?

This podcast tells how Lawrence Anini rose from a taxi driver to Nigeria’s most wanted man.