Stanley Enekwe shortly before his execution The robber Stanley Enekwe was executed in April 1972 for stealing an official vehicle of the Nigerian Army. Stanley was reportedly a former Biafran soldier who fought in the Nigerian Civil War and returned in one of the official war vehicles. He was accused of theft and later sentenced to death by firing squad. Stanley Enekwe’s father was present at his execution in Ajalla, near Awka, in the then central-eastern state. The photo above shows Father Stanley telling him the following words: “Do not be afraid, the Lord awaits you.”