PHYSINEWS REPORTS:Ishola
Oyenusi, popularly known as Doctor Oyenusi, was a notorious armed
robber who terrorized the people of Lagos and other neighboring cities
in the 1970s. Ishola Oyenusi and his gang of six were highly skilled in
snatching cars, robbing banks, factories, stores and killing people like
chickens. Doctor Oyenusi, as he was called, was not a doctor by
profession but adopted the title for the fun of it. The evidence lies in
a confession he made few minutes before his execution. He confessed
that his parents were not capable of furthering his secondary school
education and that was what forced him into robbery. So without having a
secondary school education, Oyenusi by no way could have been a medical
doctor.
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Oyenusi started off his robbery career by snatching a
car (whose owner died in the process) just because his (Oyenusi)
girlfriend needed some money. It was said by some people that Oyenusi
was romantic. He sold the car at the price of N400 and gave the money to
his girlfriend. It was also said that Oyenusi was hot tempered and
arrogant. During his arrest, he thundered down on a police officer who
was ushering him around. He said, “ people like you don’t talk to me
like that when I’m armed, I gun them down!”
Oyenusi came into
limelight after the Nigerian civil war ended in 1970. He robbed banks
and people in both daylight and night, and he never let any of his
victims live to see another day, he killed them all! This earned him the
name “ Doctor rob and kill “. At the height of his horrific reign,
Oyenusi bragged that “ the bullet has no power“. He probably forgot that
he who live by the sword will surely die by the sword. Oyenusi was so
infamous that he was regarded by some people as the “ first celebrated
armed robber in Nigeria “, and after him was Lawrence Anini, Babatunde
Folorunsho (Baba oni lace), Shina Rambo, Buraimo Jimoh and others.
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However,
nothing lasts forever, and as the adage says, everyday belongs to the
thief while a day belongs to the owner. On the 27th of March, 1971,
Oyenusi was nabbed by the police during one of his robbery operations in
which he and his notorious gang killed a police constable named Mr. Nwi
and stole $28,000 as at then. Cloud of shame hovered above Doctor
Ishola Oyenusi as he was casted before the law and found guilty then
sentenced to death by firing squad. Oyenusi confessed that he was not to
die alone because he did not commit the crimes alone. He vomited the
names of other members of the gang which were as follows: Joseph
Osamedike, Ambrose Nwokobia, Joel Amamieye, Philip Ogbolumain, Ademola
Adegbitan and Stephen Ndubuokwu. Back then, public execution was the
order of the day, so when Oyenusi was ushered to the popular Bar Beach
in Lagos where he was to be executed, over 30,000 Nigerians were happily
and excitedly waiting to see the man who had terrorized them get
riddled by hot bullets. It was said that some civil servants even
brought a coffin to the execution ground to mock the once mighty robber
kingpin who was now nothing but a scapegoat whose breath would be
exhausted in any moment.
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Ishola Oyenusi being led to the stake
Trucks
carrying Oyenusi and his executors arrived at the execution ground
around 10:am. Doctor Oyenusi, his gang members and one other criminal
got down slowly. People jeered and booed them, especially Oyenusi who
they had really trooped out to watch die. Oyenusi donned a dark
long-sleeve shirt and had his hands tied behind him. He was sweating
profusely but managed to smile all the way to the stakes. He kept
smiling, smiling and smiling but could still not hide the agony and
terror written boldly on his face. Few minutes before he was shot,
Oyenusi told journalists that he would not have ventured into armed
robbery if his parents were capable of sending him to secondary school.
He also said “ I am dying for the offense I have committed “. Oyenusi
and other criminals were fastened to the stakes. The soldiers lined in
front of them and aimed their ever ready guns. Some of the criminals
yelled their last words of protest at the cameras. Then a loud voice let
out the word “ fire “! Oyenusi and other criminal’s body were sprayed
with bullets. That was the bitter end of Ishola Oyenusi who lived by the
bullets and died by the bullets.
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The execution of Doctor Ishola
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Oyenusi
sent the streets of Lagos deserted at night. Families locked themselves
behind doors for the fear that some of Oyenusi’s boys might retaliate.
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Doctor Ishola Oyenusi (circled) and his gang’s execution
This fear lasted long that even in 1977, the veteran movie director,
Eddie
Ugbomah, called for actors to play the role of Oyenusi in a movie he
was about to produce titled “ The Rise and Fall of Dr. Oyenusi“, but no
actor was brave enough to step forward to play the role. They all feared
that Oyenusi’s boys might show them pepper. Eddie Ugbomah had no choice
than to play the role of Oyenusi himself. In the movie, he revealed the
secrets of top Nigerian officials and military men backing Oyenusi and
his gang by providing them money and weapons. As expected, Eddie Ugbomah
was threatened and later, his store was looted. He was told in a letter
to stop shooting the movie and everything would be returned to him. But
Eddie Ugbomah proved not to be a coward by eventually releasing the
movie in 1977. In recent times, a
Nollywood actor, Odunlade Adekola ,
also released a movie (Oyenusi) detailing the life of Ishola Oyenusi,
the notorious Nigerian armed robber.
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The name Ishola Oyenusi will forever be remembered in the history of crime in Nigeria.
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Reference and Photo Credit :
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Osifodunrin, Paul Ayodele; Dec. 2007; Armed Robbery and Murder in
Lagos, 1960-2000; Violent Crimes in Lagos, 1861–2000: Nature, Responses,
and Impact (Thesis). University of Lagos.
* Africa Research Bulletin
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