2 sentenced to death for stealing Fowls in Osun.

OSOGBO—Justice Jide Falola of an Osun State High Court
sitting in Okuku has sentenced two robbers to death for
stealing fowls.
The convicts, Olowookere Segun and Morakinyo Sunday,
were found guilty of forcefully breaking into the house of
one Mr. Balogun Tope, a police officer attached to
Divisional Police headquarters, Okuku, in April 2010 and
carting away some of his belongings.
The convicts were charged with conspiracy, robbery and
stealing contrary to Section 6(b) and 1(2)(a) of Robbery
and Firearm (Special Provisions) Act, cap R 11 Laws of
Federation of Nigeria 2004 and Section (390)(1) Criminal
Code Law, Cap 34, Laws of Osun State, 2002.
The prosecution team, led by the state Solicitor-General,
Mrs Abiola Adewemimo, called six witnesses and tendered
several exhibits during the prosecution.
The prosecution told the court that on November 13, 2010,
men were sighted around Balogun’s home armed with
cutlass and a dane gun, and that while two of them were
arrested, others escaped.
The convicts were said to have confessed that they stole
the complainant’s fowls, adding that they had been in his
house before to steal.
Adewemimo said: “They also stated that they had earlier
robbed Alhaja Umani Oyewo in her house and stole
broilers, eggs and kegs of vegetable oil from the house.”
In his judgment, Justice Falola convicted them on only
three counts: to death for conspiracy; life sentence for
robbery, and three years imprisonment for stealing.
Justice Falola recommended that the governor can decide
to commute the death sentence to 10 years imprisonment,
considering the convicts’ ages.


Vanguard.