https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNPRcHw8qGo?si=4nGnX_mgr28QsVFT

Okwudili Ndiwe, known as Derico Nwamama, was a notorious criminal who terrorized the South East between the late 90s and early 2000s. He was just 22 years old. Starting as a street urchin in Onitsha, he graduated to a pickpocket and then became a dreaded criminal. The mere mention of his name sent shivers down the spines of everyone in Igboland.

Derico rose to prominence after he killed his friend Chiejina, a cold-blooded armed robber who ruled the streets of Onitsha at that time. Their friendship began during the famous Umuleri/Aguleri War, but Derico was based in Abuja and only visited the East for robbery operations.

After Chiejina's death, Derico became the undisputed terror in the land. The entire Anambra State and its environs were in turmoil. Traders in Onitsha couldn’t display their goods in peace, and people slept with one eye open. Derico raided banks in Onitsha, carting away millions of naira. Travelers passing through the state held their breath, expecting him to strike at any time.

According to reports, he killed over 200 people, including 25 police officers. He carried out countless bus robberies and didn’t hesitate to shoot anyone. After his successful raids, he would boast and declare himself invincible. At some point, he used the town of Umuleri as his hideout.

In December 2000, Derico and his gang attacked a 59-seater luxury bus at the popular Upper Iweka. The bus was about to leave for Lagos. After robbing everyone on board, they decided to kill everybody (only 4 people survived).

This incident prompted Governor Mbadinuju to bring in the dreaded Bakassi Boys to help salvage the state and restore normalcy. On Tuesday, July 3, 2001, Derico was on a bus going from Agbor to Onitsha. When the bus reached the Onitsha axis of the Bridge Head, the Bakassi Boys stopped it. Sensing danger, he jumped through the window to run away, but before he could escape, a Bakassi member chopped off his left ear, capturing him.

When news of his capture broke, Anambra State was thrown into jubilation. On the 9th of July 2001, six days after his capture, the Bakassi Boys drove him around town in a convoy, Chanting war songs, and ended at the Ochanja Market Junction along the popular Upper Iweka Road in Onitsha.

Shouts of excitement and expectation filled the air. Many knew what was going to happen, so they all trooped to the spot to witness the action. He was dragged out from the bus, looking bruised and severely beaten, a trademark of the vigilante group. He was handed over a microphone and he began to beg for his life to be spared.

He said; "My name is Oddy, alias Derico, alias Nwa Mama. I appeal to you the people of Anambra State, please don't kill me, I don't like evil. It was when I killed Chiejina that people thought I am a strong guy, you know. I trust Bakassi Boys. They are strong. Please, mercy for me. Nobody can identify me as having robbed him. People just believe that I am a strong guy.

His pleas fell on deaf ears as what followed was a cutlass to his neck and In a flash, Derico was beheaded. People who grew up in Onitsha would never forget him in a hurry. The Movies "Issakaba and Okochi" were inspired by this story.

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The way to go in the East. No alaye, baba soope nonsense thugs escape the wrath of justice.

Crime doesn't pay... 99 days for the thief, one day for the master!

Rise and fall of Derinwamama

The East have always had one person terrorizing the region

Even when Kanu and Ekpa leave the scene, another Senacherib will arise and prolly do worst

Like Kanu in the U.K and Ekpa in Finland, he also wasnt based in the East yet instill fears in the heart of the residents

Nice history.

Racoon:
The way to go in the East. No alaye, baba soope nonsense thugs escape the wrath of justice.

But you want your criminals to be roaming feral in Lagos and other cities across the planet.

Seen.

Bakassi boys need to return cuz it seems they were more active than our current security agencies..

Dead Derico.







Wittyness

You already had millions with you then, if you had invested those millions into buying Abuja Properties back then, you would have been a billionaire by now

But as expected, the soul of those innocent people you killed won't rest until you are also killed in a gruesome way.

May his Soul continue to rot in hell!!

He that killed by the sword shall die by the sword

CyrusVI:
The East have always had one person terrorizing the region

Even when Kanu and Ekpa leave the scene, another Senacherib will arise and prolly do worst

Like Kanu in the U.K and Ekpa in Finland, he also wasnt based in the East yet instill fears in the heart of the residents

That is just the case my brother, unfortunately Nigeria now has just one person terrorizing all of us at the same time...balabluuu.

Nigeria politicians need to be beheaded also. Jihad to them all.

Good riddle to gabbage

CyrusVI:
The East have always had one person terrorizing the region

Even when Kanu and Ekpa leave the scene, another Senacherib will arise and prolly do worst

Like Kanu in the U.K and Ekpa in Finland, he also wasnt based in the East yet instill fears in the heart of the residents

There was Shina Rambo in the West or you want to play Ostrich on that one?

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Chai..

What shall it profit a man who gains the world but loose his soul .

I watch one nollywood movie about this guy titled "Desperado, the Story of Derico" early 2000s. I was in secondary school then. The movie was highly fictionalised.

Racoon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNPRcHw8qGo?si=4nGnX_mgr28QsVFT



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i have said previously that ESN is a symptom of a much larger problem in the east

in the late 1990s there was a wave of crime that led to bakassi boys as a countermeasure [extrajudicial killings]
in 2010s there was osisikanu
in 2014 and beyond it was kidnappers
today it is ESN

the symptom is able bodied disenfranchised young men resorting to armed robbery

the same thing is now happening in the north and this is why they can never eliminate banditry if they are unable to address the root cause which in both cases is an army of unemployed young men with no real options or opportunities

Derico my brother. I cant forget, i watched him been beheaded.

This was an era when people stood against criminality and rallied around to drive away thieves from their lands.
Today, they gladly embrace their killers and call them "liberators". Just look at the destruction and waste that IPOB, UGM, and their likes have caused. Yet, they still have supporters.
Someone in a far away country will declare Monday as a compulsory sit-at-home day, and you'll see masses glady complying.
Society has gone down the drain

Easterners fully support and are totally loyal to criminals, but it's an offence to tell them, hence mass relocation to Delta state. Right now, millions of derrica full east up to Niger bridge carrying anioma creation from Delta for head, hoping it will be realised, so that they can fully extend their criminal trade to Delta, cum south.

Many of the stories told of Derick here is a lie.
He was only popularised after his death.many didn't know of him. But before his death, robbery was very rampant in Anambra particularly Onitsha in the late 90s to to early 2000. The advent of the Bakassi boys helped reduced it to a minimum but it resurged when the Bakassi boys became compromised and were derailed. Thanks to Peter Obi who helped brought sanity to the state.


Ever heard of Oso Peter Obi?

If you grew up in Onitsha at the time, you would know.

East is my home and we will make it better.

Nonsense talk. Every Otu Onitsha brought up knows Derico was shot & killed by Chiejina his partner in crime during an argument over sharing of their proceeds.

Chiejina took over the gang and Chiejina was the one killed by Bakassi not Deri

But why do crime?

TELL Magazine carried an exclusive story on this incident back in 2001.