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Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by Racoon(op): 2:39pm On Oct 17, 2025

Those days when Military Administrators didn’t think twice before signing such warrants:

I think only one or two Governors have signed such warrants in this our democracy since 1999: Sure you know them.

22 July 1995: Forty-three prisoners found guilty of armed robbery are publicly executed by firing squad at Kirikiri Prison in Lagos State (NTA Television Network 22 July 1995; AI Sept. 1995, 5)

Source:Refworld org.

This is the only photo I can post here. Other images too one kind to be posted here( Greg Nwoko on Facebook).

https://www.facebook.com/share/15gGDh7LPq/

-1). Picture of Report;
-2). Public Executions of the Abortive February 13th 1976 Coup Plotters.
-3). Public Executions of the Legendary Criminal Lawrence Anini, Monday Osunburs and others in Bar Beach Lagos.

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Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by Racoon(op): 2:40pm On Oct 17, 2025

I still have PTSD from the ones I witnessed in Bar Beach back in those days. However, the wave of executions seems not to have done much.

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Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by Racoon(op): 2:42pm On Oct 17, 2025*

These were definitely eras when military govts( Gowon, Obasanjo, Abacha etc) didn’t think twice before signing the death warrants of hardened and ruthless criminals.

Unlike this days, now BAT could pardon robbers, drug barons, killers etc. This is the time we really need things like this..but rather it is ceasefire you hear, amnesty or rehabilitation...

Why putting more bondages on security agencies to arrest and prosecution of criminals when government can't carry out orders of court reasons crime unabated. Now the question is in the face of barefaced looting of the nation, would the NASS adopt this modality again in a 21st century? It is very doubtful.

The NASS will never legislate or sign the warrant on capital punishment because they will quickly be consumed by same because of their quest in contributing to the institutional corruption plaguing this nation. This is because there is no difference between the overt armed robber and the legislative robber.

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Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by Racoon(op): 2:43pm On Oct 17, 2025

Now someone have asked a question; Can a so called born again Christian soldier carry out this gruesome thing? What is your opinion in view of the reality of the situation in Nigeria today?

For true Christians, job and career matters a lot. They choose jobs and careers that won't give them guilty conscience.

No true Christian will put himself in a job that involves killing of fellow humans. Obeying superior orders to commit manslaughter or other evils won't be an excuse in the sight of God because you deliberately made yourself available to be commanded when you chose the job.

If a person didn't bring himself out for soldiering will he be under any order from a superior officer let alone obeying an order to fire someone dead?

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Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by Karlovich: 2:43pm On Oct 17, 2025

There was one that returned from Chicago around that time that started begging government to end public executions

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Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by Orlandoo(m): 2:47pm On Oct 17, 2025

If it were back in the days the notorious Abuja land grabber would have been publicly executed.

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Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by Racoon(op): 2:48pm On Oct 17, 2025*

Racoon:
Can a so called born again Christian soldier carry out this gruesome thing? What is your opinion in view of the reality of the situation in Nigeria today?

As regards this issue, I can categorically said a big YES! Once you enlist into the military, you pledged allegiance to your nation especially the constitution to obey lawful orders including the executions of hardened unrepentant criminals.

I once asked my dad & other Christians who were part of the ECOMOG & UN expeditions in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Lebanon etc if they killed. The answer was Yes! They finished off rebels who are recalcitrant.

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Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by meobizy(m): 3:06pm On Oct 17, 2025

Oh, okay. This is a diary. I thought it was a thread.

Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by AntiChristian: 3:54pm On Oct 17, 2025

This may be right in some cases!

Assuming we are still in the military regime, i know NMK will have expired for about half a decade!

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Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by GanagiBitrus: 3:54pm On Oct 17, 2025

It looks barbaric, but them most crimes committed nowadays are barbaric.

Desperate Times call for Desperate Measures.

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Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by Nemesis0147(m): 3:55pm On Oct 17, 2025

I witness one then in the early 2000s…..back then my school was close to a police station……seeing a police van going to deposit the corpse of an arm robber then was a normal occurrence….sometimes you will be in the class and you will hear gun shot….they don kill one.

Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by ceejay80s(m): 3:55pm On Oct 17, 2025

It was the best and it will always be the best, check out China

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Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by AntiChristian: 3:56pm On Oct 17, 2025

Racoon:
These were definitely eras when military govts( Gowon, Obasanjo, Abacha etc) didn’t think twice before signing the death warrants of hardened and ruthless criminals.

Unlike this days, now BAT could pardon robbers, drug barons, killers etc. This is the time we really need things like this..but rather it is ceasefire you hear, amnesty or rehabilitation...

Why putting more bondages on security agencies to arrest and prosecution of criminals when government can't carry out orders of court reasons crime unabated. Now the question is in the face of barefaced looting of the nation, would the NASS adopt this modality again in a 21st century? It is very doubtful.

The NASS will never legislate or sign the warrant.on capital punishment because they will be quickly be consumed by same because of their unending criminality in contributing to the institutional corruption plaguing this nation to death. This is because there is no difference between the overt armed robber and the legislative robber.

BAT should have ordered the execution of NMK too like Abacha did all those people he executed!

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Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by TheChameleon: 3:56pm On Oct 17, 2025

Perfect.

If they were still doing so however.... Peter Obi will have 95% less votes.

Make your inferences grin

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Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by ppogba: 3:56pm On Oct 17, 2025

It worked a bit then.

I could remember the time of Oladipo Diya in Ogun when the culprit will even be taken to the family compound for the execution.

People head were straightened on their necks in those days .

If you do anyhow, your whole family go see anyhow.

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Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by Eraddray(m): 3:58pm On Oct 17, 2025

With the way corruption is eating through everything in Nigeria...then capital punishment is justified...look at China today.. with the population in China today... without capital punishment in state...they would hv crumbled long time ago...and so crimes really deserve capital punishment and not government pardon......

We need capital punishment installed installed in Nigeria today...

Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by themanderon: 3:58pm On Oct 17, 2025

Executions are still on ongoing albeit secretly. Remember Sars? Do you think that evil has ended when those that perpetrated them are still in the force?

Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by PigTormentor: 3:59pm On Oct 17, 2025

This is what should have happened to that fake Fendi wearing terrorist.
Justice delayed is Justice denied.

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Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by Onewazobia(m): 3:59pm On Oct 17, 2025

Nigeria needs it more than ever

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Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by StoneLucifer: 4:00pm On Oct 17, 2025

AntiChristian:
BAT should have ordered the execution of NMK too like Abacha did all those people he executed!

If what he did warrants public execution, I have no worries or issues with that.

Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by blaise26abj(m): 4:01pm On Oct 17, 2025

Yes yes yes. You don’t understand the level of criminality out there. If you know any police officer , they will tell you . Things are getting out of hand and no one is safe. Criminals and murderers are being reintegrated into the society . It is bad . Keep executing them and use them for manure . THAT is my take !

Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by AntiChristian: 4:03pm On Oct 17, 2025

StoneLucifer:
If what he did warrants public execution, I have no worries or issues with that.

What he did inciting unrest and killings warrants more than public execution!

In fact, it it were in the ancient informal rulings his family would either be enslaved or exiled!

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Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by LagosOrigin: 4:03pm On Oct 17, 2025

PigTormentor:
This is what should have happened to that fake Fendi wearing terrorist.
Justice delayed is Justice denied.

And Sunday Igboho Yoruba nation activist too

Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by givedemwotowoto: 4:03pm On Oct 17, 2025

I’m an advocate of the death penalty, but I don’t advocate for public executions.

If there must be public executions, it should be for extreme crimes of massive scale that result in many deaths, like corruption over N100 million, armed robberies etc.

People should signup to go watch though, it shouldn’t be put involuntarily on everyone’s face.

Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by franvincoop: 4:05pm On Oct 17, 2025

You God is Christ, Yahweh, Jevohah, El Roi, Allah, etc
The God for Army, na Gun cuz bullet no dey differentiate between Chosen member and Hezbollah.
For this world wey you dey inside like this, na the same Christians don kill pass all other religions combined.
If you wan calculate, start only from 1884.

Racoon:
Now someone have asked a question; Can a so called born again Christian soldier carry out this gruesome thing? What is your opinion in view of the reality of the situation in Nigeria today?

Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by Izuchukwu70: 4:10pm On Oct 17, 2025

Racoon:
These were definitely eras when military govts( Gowon, Obasanjo, Abacha etc) didn’t think twice before signing the death warrants of hardened and ruthless criminals.

Unlike this days, now BAT could pardon robbers, drug barons, killers etc. This is the time we really need things like this..but rather it is ceasefire you hear, amnesty or rehabilitation...

Why putting more bondages on security agencies to arrest and prosecution of criminals when government can't carry out orders of court reasons crime unabated. Now the question is in the face of barefaced looting of the nation, would the NASS adopt this modality again in a 21st century? It is very doubtful.

The NASS will never legislate or sign the warrant.on capital punishment because they will be quickly be consumed by same because of their unending criminality in contributing to the institutional corruption plaguing this nation to death. This is because there is no difference between the overt armed robber and the legislative robber.

You know an innocent man can be put to death like that. Even in America with all the resources still jail innocent men. I pray it won't be your family.

Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by TRUTHaDDICTED(m): 4:15pm On Oct 17, 2025

[quote author=AntiChristian post=137158517]I think 🤔 that if such treatment can be extened on you terrorists and Anti Christians and all those of you who share same mindset against MNK, I think we would have a better society where no one would ever support injustice or political impunity.

Re: Eras Of Public Executions As Punishment For Capital Offenses; Right Or Wrong? by Olat4421: 4:35pm On Oct 17, 2025

It would ave been so wrong if innocent life was executed but it would ave be so right if criminals and politihiefians were executed

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