Two Sentenced To Death For Stealing Fowls In Osun

According to Vanguard, a Justice 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.