Firing Squad in Nigeria - The First Public Execution in Nigeria - Death of Babatunde Folorunsho

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The first-ever public execution in Nigeria took place at Bar Beach in 1971. It was of Babatunde Folorunsho, for armed robbery. He was shot with Joseph Ilobo and Williams Alders Oyazimo, a sub-lieutenant in the Nigerian Navy.

This is the first time that armed robbers would be publicly killed in the country.

From the early 1970s to the late eighties, during the military regime, Bar Beach was a site where many convicted armed robbers and coup plotters were executed by firing squad. It was always a public spectacle, with thousands of spectators, including television cameras and print journalists

NB Correction: Lawrence Anini and his gang were executed in Benin not Lagos as wrongly stated here

See the video of the live execution here: https://youtu.be/-f8Ud7vrLlg