This begun to attract the attention of the Bakassi Boys, a vigilante security group which was set up and spearheaded by Chinwoke Mbadinuju, former governor of Anambra state.

[12][7][13] The Bakassi Boys failed 13 times[6] to capture Nawgu, and this was explained by the myth that he could defy the rules of conventional physics and had the ability to teleport.

According to the Nigerian media, it took the effort of the leader of the vigilante group named Ngwuro[13] to allegedly strip Nawgu of his ability to teleport, leading to his capture.

[13] He was eventually beheaded and cut to pieces by the Bakassi Boys, after which all the parts were gathered together & set ablaze at the Ochanja Market in Anambra state, Nigeria.

[16][2] In the year he died, many calendars printed in the South-Eastern part of Nigeria bore graphical depictions of his crimes up until his arrest and execution.