Lawrence Anini left Benin City, the capital of Edo State in Nigeria, after police prosecuted members of his gang despite an agreement to free them.
Lawrence Nomanyagbon Anini (c. 1960  March 29, 1987) 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. 
He migrated to Benin at an early age, learned to drive and became a skilled taxi driver. The incident, and Anini's view of police betrayal, is believed to have spurred retaliatory actions by Anini. 
