Ogbonna jailed for armed robbery, not stolen generator – Ogun govt

The Ogun State government on Wednesday faulted a publication claiming that one Ogbojionu Ogbonna, who was recently released from prison after many years, was wrongfully imprisoned for over two decades for merely buying a stolen generator

The publication said that the real thief was one Segun Ajibade, who was pardoned in 2016, leaving Ogbonna to suffer for nine more years.

The government, in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Mr Oluwasina Ogungbade, SAN, has, however, described the entire narrative of this publication as fabricated and tissue of lies.

The government said that Ogbonna was convicted to de.ath for armed robbery on January 14, 2003, by the Ogun State High Court, but his de.ath sentence was converted to a life imprisonment in June 2021 by Governor Dapo Abiodun in exercise of the prerogative of mercy.

The statement stated further that luck also smiled on the ex-convict when he was a beneficiary of the most recent prerogative of mercy exercised by the Governor to commemorate Democracy Day 2025.

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