₦airaland Forum

Ttalk:
Developers fully represented

eastOFwest:
You must be at least 60 something years then. Greetings my elder

AfDapone:
Firing squad used to happen around kuto in Abeokuta, may be the stadium area back then, didn't really remember, very small back then.

Racoon:
Where is their king - Lawrence Anini then?

nairalanda1:
And you forgot Lawrence Anini.

SmartPolician:
When they were still wasting precious bullets killing these folks. I remember those days. It was both entertaining and touching watching soldiers kill them through firing squads after a parade.

We would always be informed that soldiers were going to waste some criminals and interested people would go and feast their eyes

Sunnydays:
My family lived on Adeniyi Jones Avenue Ikeja at the time and WAHUM was just a few houses from ours.

I was only a baby then but remember hearing about the infamous Oyenusi. The incident was spoken about for years after, especially after Oyenusi was executed at the bar beach

Hotfreezing:
Did Igbos give Osisikanwu an armed robber chieftaincy title or not?
Did Ohaneze Ndigbo go on a begging tour for criminals in foreign prisons?
Evans was talented in killing Igbos. Did Igbos here on Nairaland not defend him?

Gbadugbakun:
I remember this event we had to wait for hours at bar beach before the black Maria conveying them came. And we watched as they were all executed.

Slytiger:
Robbery at WAHUM IKEJA 1971:

WAHUM Group is one of the largest Chinese enterprises established and Established in 1963 as the first household utilities manufacturing compar development throughout half of a century, WAHUM became one of the resourceful Chinese enterprises in Nigeria.

In Nigeria, WAHUM Group m products ( enamelware and casseroles), packaging for corrugated iron ar cable (electric, construction and communication cable) and construction corrugated iron) etc...

WAHUM Group consists of five manufacturing plants below:

West Africa Household Utilities Mfg. CO. LTD

WAHUM Packaging LTD.

NIGERCHIN ELECTRICAL DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.

WEST AFRICAN BUILDING MATERIALS MFG.CO.LTD.

PIONEER METAL PRODUCTS CO. PLC.


More info:

In 1971, an event that made news happened at their Ikeja factory that caused 7 men to be arrested, tried and executed by firing squad.

It was also known that two workers of WAHUM were amongst the 7 executed for the robbery that claimed the life of a police constable escort attached to the factory.

The 7 men dubbed the Magnificent 7 executed for that robbery were:

-Dr Ishola Oyenusi
-Joel Amamieye
-Ambrose Nwokobia
-Stephen Ndubuokwu
-Philip Ogbolumain
-Joseph Osamedike
-Ademola Adegbitan

Please note that Mr Amamieye was a former Personnel Manager at WAHUM where they robbed while Mr Nwokobia was the gateman at the WAHUM factory.

The broad daylight robbery took place on the 27th day of March, 1971.
Source: Greg Nwoko on Facebook and WAHUM website - http://ngrwahum.com/en/help/id/1

nairalanda1:
Won't work. We will just keep shooting and shooting people, and the root of the problem would be there.

Remember, the heart of man is evil. The best we can do is improve education, improve access to education, good health and housing, and public facilites, end corruption, and so forth.

But even if we turn Nigeria into a good country today, remember that an armed robber can in one operation net far more money than most people would see in a year. Some people prefer to surrennder to their baser natures and take that risk. Some people would rather take the easy way of crime, than work hard for a living. In their mind working hard for a living is for jokers.

It does not matter whether we do firing squad, or life in prision. Someone somehwere is always going to choose crime.



And this does not mean we should never fight or punish crime

Slytiger:
Source: Greg Nwoko on Facebook and WAHUM website - http://ngrwahum.com/en/help/id/1

wiseone28:
I still remember the incident 😬

Benbisco:
Was Ishola Oyenusi a medical doctor or a Ph.D holder? He was addressed as Dr.

sacajawea:
Is you people's house still there till today?

Slytiger:
Source: Greg Nwoko on Facebook and WAHUM website - http://ngrwahum.com/en/help/id/1