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Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by sosanova: 5:56pm On Mar 10, 2015
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Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by bunmioguns(m): 5:57pm On Mar 10, 2015
Nawa o
Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by Etruth: 5:58pm On Mar 10, 2015
zubby29:
if we have been killing confrimed thieves like dat by now Nigeria will b corruption free
I dey tell you. Even if person pick money for ground,fear no go let am touch am.
Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by olas24u(f): 5:58pm On Mar 10, 2015
Hunger
Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by awesomet1(m): 5:58pm On Mar 10, 2015
...tell my wife, my mother and my inlaw to keep fit.

His last words.
Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by jingh(f): 5:58pm On Mar 10, 2015
Carry cocaine go indonesia, u go hear wieeen
dovelike:
No one has the right to execute anybody.
Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by Loyalblak007(f): 5:59pm On Mar 10, 2015
undecided
Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by babs01(m): 5:59pm On Mar 10, 2015
BH means Boko Haram
Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by hardbody: 6:00pm On Mar 10, 2015
At the exchange rate then and now how much was that? Are we saying the people then were saints? Stealing has always been there hence laws were put in place to discourage the potential thiefs. In the extant matter, the guy was shot for the element of robbery just same way Owo was shot for carrying cocaine irrespective of the quantity. The only sad thing is that the decree upon which he was shot was backdated and therefore a bad law
Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by Misogynist2014(m): 6:00pm On Mar 10, 2015
Mighty Jonathan
Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by omonnakoda: 6:00pm On Mar 10, 2015
Divineluv14:


#10 then, na huge amount of money .
Don't mind those ungrateful Biafrans who were each given 40 Naira for NOTHING
Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by sexylogan(m): 6:01pm On Mar 10, 2015
lalasticlala:
Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing ₦10.

https://mobile.twitter.com/MusadiqZ/media/grid?idx=1

You people are saying it was just N10
Look at the price of the newspaper...only 4kobo!
that means 4k in 1973 is equivalent to about N200 now.
ie N0.04 is equal to N200 now
that means N10 then = N50,000 today... shocked
well, if they wer to kill everyone who stole N50k today...HIAN!!! grin grin grin

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Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by EagleScribes: 6:01pm On Mar 10, 2015
Unfortunately, those who have stolen millions of such amount will neva be executed today.

Why?

STEALING IS NOT CORRUPTION! sad

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Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by holyokoto(m): 6:02pm On Mar 10, 2015
.................................While now stealing is not corruption

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Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by saintopus(m): 6:02pm On Mar 10, 2015
zubby29:
if we have been killing confrimed thieves like dat by now Nigeria will b corruption free
Who told you?
Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by sankky: 6:02pm On Mar 10, 2015
What then will you do to T.A. Orji of Abia. Abeg joor. The people's platform in Abia state is the Labour party and every grass roots Abian know it.

Chief Emeka Oti all the way

Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by geoworldedu: 6:02pm On Mar 10, 2015
lalasticlala:
Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing ₦10.

https://mobile.twitter.com/MusadiqZ/media/grid?idx=1
#10 in 1973 = #10 billion in 2015
See how GEJ and his likes damaged the value of our currency. SMH for all PDPites
undecided
Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by fpeter(f): 6:03pm On Mar 10, 2015
his ghost will look at our leaders today and weep like nollywood movie...meanwhile is that BH on the right?
Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by Walexon(m): 6:03pm On Mar 10, 2015
When u have a bad president what did u expect 2 happen
Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by holyokoto(m): 6:04pm On Mar 10, 2015
Etumgbe:
10 naira then be like 10 million naira now

Comparing the Economy, N10 value in the early 70s is equivalent to about 500, 000 only. N10 then cannot buy a car but can buy a refrigerator

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Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by UnknownT: 6:05pm On Mar 10, 2015
echobee:
#10:00,Abi #10:000000? angry
Is there any amount like #10:000000?
Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by yokiti: 6:08pm On Mar 10, 2015
Welcome to the 21st century Nigeria where ordinary stealing is not corruption.
I felt sorry for this guy because he came to Nigeria too early.
Assuming he started his trade at this particluar time in Nigeria who knows, he might be the Governor of his state or a distinguish Senator of the federal republic.
Which way forward to progress Naija?

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Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by Nobody: 6:09pm On Mar 10, 2015
Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by hardbody: 6:09pm On Mar 10, 2015
omonnakoda:
Don't mind those ungrateful Biafrans who were each given 40 Naira for NOTHING

Was your father an illiterate then? That must explain his inability to explain what happened to you. See, listen. If had 1 million pounds you get given 20 pounds but if u had 10 pounds you also get given only your 10 pounds. If you had nothing you received nothing. Thanks to the then Finance Minister opolo eye Awo. Today with the 20 pounds we are still dominating. I own a personal house in town touted to be owned by Lagosians. Area boys and omoniles are still there forming barons.

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Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by sexyjob(m): 6:11pm On Mar 10, 2015
Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by tonychristopher: 6:11pm On Mar 10, 2015
It was not until November 30, 1971 that nemesis caught up with him. And the offence for which he died by the firing squad at the Lagos Bar Beach yesterday was for snatching a mere N10 from a hotel bar attendant, Mr. Michael Osayunana.
This offence, which compared with many other heinous crimes which he committed and got away, will fade into insignificance. But before he died yesterday, ‘Mighty Joe’ had a VIP ride from Kirikiri Prison to the Bar Beach. He was taken in a police van escorted by six lorryloads of tough-looking anti-riot policemen.
CRIMINAL LIFE
Hundreds of motorists -many of them workers on their way to their various places of work, were forced to clear out of the road as police siren announced the approach of the man about to die. It was a show of power which ‘Mighty Joe’ loved and which caused his doom. Executed along with ‘Mighty Joe’, was a former soldier, Bashiru Fatola. Mighty Joe, who had led a chequered criminal life and earned himself the self-styled title of ‘Strongman of Idi Oro’, among the underworld men, was then led out of the Black Maria with Fatola by heavily-armed mobile policemen.
He was dressed in a white short sleeves shirt and brown trousers while Fatola wore a yellow national dress…
Mighty Joe’s last words: May God bless everybody, both my friends and enemies. Tell my wife, my mother and my in-law to keep fit.
________
NB: Mighty Joe converted to Islam after his conviction and even offered prayers that the execution be reverted. That was never to be (see photos).
Mighty Joe praying.



YOU SEE HOW YORUBAS AND EDIOS HAS BEEN SPILING OUR NAMES SINCE 200 BC



http://www./profiles/blogs/photo-mighty-joe-nigeria-s-notorious-robber-executed-in-1973-for-
Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by tonychristopher: 6:12pm On Mar 10, 2015
hardbody:


Was your father an illiterate then? That must explain his inability to explain what happened to you. See, listen. If had 1 million pounds you get given 20 pounds but if u had 10 pounds you also get given only your 10 pounds. If you had nothing you received nothing. Thanks to the then Finance Minister opolo eye Awo. Today with the 20 pounds we are still dominating. I own a personal house in town touted to be owned by Lagosians. Area boys and omoniles are still there forming barons.


AREAS BOYS AND YORUBAS

Some people believe that Mighty Joe was killed on trumped-up charges. Some even believe that he was not even an armed robber but a common street thug (what we now call an Area Boy) who was killed to clear the path for some. Such people claim that the Daily Times was partly owned by the Federal Government and the wealthy Alakija family of Mushin. Mighty Joe was said to have had a tussle with one of these prominent families who then set him up and ensure he was executed. For some, especially, those who grew up in his neighbourhood in the era of Mighty Joe, he is still regarded as a legend of sorts.

Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by Stevano007(m): 6:13pm On Mar 10, 2015
Be GOOD or b GOOD at it.. If ya understand
Re: Mighty Joe, Nigeria's Notorious Robber Executed In 1973 For Stealing N10 (pic) by Nobody: 6:13pm On Mar 10, 2015
kilokeys:
Mighty Joe died for ten naira...



what do we call tinubu?


Gargantuan Tinubu
or

THE HULK
?

Or Gej the commander of stealing is not corruption

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