Joyous miracle
The Policeman, Lawrence Anini Fell For His Bullet Is Dead
Joyous miracle of Birth, Dark miracle of Death between the two, a life and a destiny, Says Mawdo Ba
Mr Kayode Uaneroro died yesterday morning. He was the police officer who ARRESTED notorious armed robber Lawrence Anini in the late 1980s.
Mr Kayode Uaneroro died yesterday morning. He was the police officer who ARRESTED notorious armed robber Lawrence Anini in the late 1980s.
Kayode was the commandant at the Mopol training school at Gwoza when it was suggested to then IGP Etim Inyang (of blessed memory) that if they were serious about getting Lawrence Anini, Kayode was to be detailed for the task.
The athletically built operational Police Officer was standing at over six feet, dark and ripping with muscles with a no-nonsense visage,
Kayode apart from being a crack Police detective also had a black belt in Karate. He had had many encounters with armed robbers and many had paid dearly. He was naturally the man to go after Anini who had become a kind of National embarrassment as at the time.
At a point, Lawrence Anini is popular for negative perception, he become household name as he was prided as a spirit who vanished at will. The disturbing incidence made the Police Force Headquarters, Kam Salem House at the time to go after Lawrence Anini and his men.
In a couple of weeks and acting on intelligence, Kayode and his ten man team of crack policemen working in mufti but heavily armed stormed into a Benin city house where Lawrence Anini was hiding.
The latter wasn’t expecting the Police. He was shot on his left ankle by Kayode and immobilized. That was the end of the reign of Lawrence Anini and the national embarrassment he orchestrated.
Before his demise , Kayode eventually studied Law and opened a private Law office in Ebute-Metta area of Lagos and practiced law till he passed away yesterday. May he find rest. May his memory always be a blessing for all those who knew him. A great warrior he was.
May his soul rest in perfect peace Amen
