OldNaija Historical Exhibition Project. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full credit is given to OldNaija which must include appropriate and specific backlink to the original content on our website. He had a bushy beard and as he approached his sure death, he protested till the last moment. Nigerians still suffer from the hangover of the execution done in 1971. Maurice Asielue/Nigerian Nostalgia Project. The name Babatunde Folorunsho seems nice and pleasant…. There was obvious excitement in the crowd that had gathered and the noise of anxiety was everywhere. And so the fateful day came in July 1971, the venue of execution was the famous Bar Beach in Lagos, flanking the Atlantic Ocean. Ah! Learn More. Babatunde Folorunsho, Ilobo and Oyazimo at the stakes Who Was Babatunde Folorunsho? Copyright © Joseph Lobo (pvt) Limited. With thousands of Nigerian eyes piercing his skin, Folorunsho simply stared into space with shame and disappointment written all over his sober face. I have since been told that he was killed due to some personal issues he had with some other officers. Three people were going to be executed by the firing squad. In 1971, Folorunsho was caught with others. The Midas Touch, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti’s Life, Security, Crime and Segregation in West African Cities Since the 19. OldNaija is an online platform dedicated to documenting and promoting the history of Ngeria. Years after the killings, successive military dictators kept on executing criminals or those they termed enemies of the state. They guided him to the stakes and tied him like a sacrificial offer.
Shey you don hear, abeg no thief our contents o! We were appointed as sole adjusters for the tanker âTasman Spiritâ grounding incident, covering its subsequent disintegration and the resulting spill of its crude oil cargo. For a nation that had just emerged from one of the bloodiest civil wars in Africa and ruled by army generals who preferred to settle quarrels with hot, smoking bullets, it should be understandable that the criminal system then was a lot more violent. On behalf of Owners we supervised the necessary hull floatation repair, jack up and refloating of two disabled accommodation platforms at the entrance of Dubai Port, then arranged their safe towage to Gadani. I remember as a young 6-7 year old listening to my Dad and then a police DSP (who later rose to become DIG of Police), the injustice of the case’. This was the largest loss in Karachiâs maritime history and one of the largest crude oil losses in the world. Lives had become cheap and even children were not spared the most savage displays of bloodshed. He was a sub-lieutenant in the Nigerian Navy and his passionate cries of innocence still haunt many till today. That was the day the first set of armed robbers faced firing squad. JL was engaged by property insurers to investigate the largest terrorist bombing claim involving a five-star hotel.
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Rather than discourage violent crimes, public executions only damaged the mental fabric of the Nigerian society while simultaneously failing to curb the spate of violent crimes over time. For the first time in Nigeria’s history, armed robbery and other forms of violent crimes went up dramatically and the military rulers decided to take very drastic measures against it. He did not say a word. Babatunde Folorunsho, Joseph Ilobo & Williams Oyazimo against firing squad; Bar beach, Lagos There was obvious excitement in the crowd that had gathered and the noise of anxiety was everywhere. In seconds, they went limp. He reigned almost the same time as the kingpin of Nigerian […] Largest fire loss in the Packaging Film industry.
Ilobo was 26 and Folorunsho was reportedly 23. Oyazimo and Ilobo had appeared before the Lagos state robbery and firearms tribunal, chaired by James Agboola Ojomo. © 2014 - 2020 | All Rights Reserved | OldNaija. For a while, it was the most popular beach in Nigeria especially when Lagos was the capital of the country.
Nigeria in the 1970s is not the same country we have today. But one interesting thing is that Oyazimo might have actually being innocent and killed wrongly. His executioners were not impressed. The civil war might have just ended but the proliferation of weapons in a damaged economy meant more people turned to armed robbery. Teslim Opemipo Omipidan. After Babatunde Ishola Folorunso and Ilobo, the next and the third person on the death list was Williams Alders Oyazimo. Last year and earlier insurers engaged JL to investigate the two largest denim textile plant fire losses in Pakistan. As a result of the fact that the executions were published and widely broadcast by the print and electronic media, it destroyed the psyche of millions of Nigerians. It is long overdue.
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