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Dr. Ishola Oyenusi?
Ishola Oyenusi the dreaded burglar and armed robber threatened the entire neighbourhood of Lagos and environs, cities and towns during the 70s.He was so notorious that everyone feared being robbed or attacked by him. He was a specialits in hijacking exotic cars, looting banks , Manufacturing stores and also maiming and killing of individuals as at then.
Was Ishola Oyenusi Really A Medical Doctor?
Oyenusi wasnt lettered neither did he acquire any training to earn him the title of a doctor. It was simply for entertainment purposes and his negative exploits in the armed robbery profession.
He admitted that his folks were not fit for encouraging his auxiliary school training and that was what constrained him into the theft. So without having an auxiliary school instruction, Oyenusi by no chance could have been a clinical specialist.
Oyenusi’s Robbery Exploits
Oyenusi began his theft profession by grabbing a vehicle (whose proprietor kicked the bucket all the while) in light of the fact that his (Oyenusi) sweetheart required some cash. It was guaranteed by certain sources that Oyenusi was sentimental.
He sold the vehicle at the cost of N400 and gave the cash to his better half. It was additionally said that Oyenusi was hot-tempered . During his capture, he roared down on a cop who was guiding him around. He stated, “individuals as you don’t converse with me like that when I’m equipped, I weapon them down!”
Specialist Ishola Oyenusi came into the spotlight after the Nigerian civil war ended in 1970. He ransacked banks and individuals in both daylight and night, and he never let any of his casualties live to see one more day; he killed them all! This earned him the name “Specialist loot and murder”.
At the stature of his horrendous rule, Ishola Oyenusi boasted that “the slug has no force”. He most likely overlooked that he who lives by the blade will definitely bite the dust by being killed by the sword. Oyenusi was scandalous to such an extent that he was viewed by certain individuals as the “most equipped burglar in Nigeria”, and after him was Lawrence Anini, Babatunde Folorunsho (Baba oni trim), Shina Rambo, Buraimo Jimoh and others.
Ishola Oyenusi’s Arrest
Be that as it may, nothing keeps going forever, and as the Yoruba aphorism says, every day is for the thief and one day for the owner
On the 27th of March, 1971, Oyenusi was arrested by the police during one of his burglary activities where he and his infamous gang members slaughtered a police constable named Mr. Nwi and took $28,000 as at that point. The haze of disgrace drifted above Doctor Ishola Oyenusi as he was cast under the watchful eye of the law and saw as liable at that point, he was condemned to death by firing squad.
Oyenusi admitted that he was not to kick the bucket alone on the grounds that he didn’t carry out the violations alone.
He produced the names of different individuals from the gang, they were Joseph Osamedike, Ambrose Nwokobia, Joel Amamieye, Philip Ogbolumain, Ademola Adegbitan, and Stephen Ndubuokwu.
In those days, open execution was the surest way to execute die hard armed robbers, so when Oyenusi was guided to the mainstream Bar Beach in Lagos where he was to be executed, more than 30,000 Nigerians were cheerfully and enthusiastically standing by to see the man who had threatened them get perplexed by hot projectiles. It was said that some government workers even carried a final resting place to the execution ground to deride the once dreaded armed robber
Ishola Oyenusi’s execution
Trucks conveying Oyenusi and his agents showed up at the execution ground around 10:am. Specialist Oyenusi, and one other criminal got down gradually.
Individuals scoffed and booed them, particularly Oyenusi who they had truly trooped out to watch bite the dust. Oyenusi wore a dull long-sleeve shirt and had his hands bound behind him.
Few moments before he was shot, Oyenusi told writers that he would not have wandered into furnished theft if his folks were fit for sending him to optional school.
He asked to see his mum and have a final word with her, he bit off her ear, saying she spoilt his life by not administering proper training on him.
He additionally said, “I am biting the dust for the offense I have committed”. The fighters lined before them and pointed their ever prepared weapons. A portion of the lawbreakers hollered their final expressions of dissent at the cameras. At that point, a boisterous voice let out “fire”! Oyenusi and other hoodlums’ bodies were splashed with shots.
That was the dramatic finish of Ishola Oyenusi who lived by the projectiles and kicked the bucket by the slugs. The execution of Doctor Ishola Oyenusi sent the lanes of Lagos abandoned around evening time. Families bolted themselves behind entryways for the dread that a portion of Oyenusi’s young men may fight back.
This dread kept going long that even in 1977, the veteran film director, Eddie Ugbomah, called for entertainers to assume the job of Oyenusi in a film he was going to create named “The Rise and Fall of Dr. Oyenusi”, however, no on-screen character was courageous enough to step forward to assume the job.
They all thought that Oyenusi’s young men may come after them. Eddie Ugbomah had no way out than to assume the job of Oyenusi himself. In the film, he uncovered the insider facts of top Nigerian authorities and military men backing Oyenusi and his pack by giving them cash and weapons.
Eddie Ugbomah was contacted by unknown people to quit shooting the movie, his store was burgled. He was unfazed and continued with the movie shoot and was shown at Festac 1977.Another Nigerian Actor, Odunlade Adekola also shot a movie depicting the life and times of Oyenusi the most infamous Nigerian dreaded Armed robber.
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