Osogbo, Dec. 16, 2024 – Osun State government has pardoned Segun Olowookere, the man who was sentenced to death for stealing fowl and 51 others.
Olowookere was 17 years old when he was sentenced to death for conspiracy to commit armed robbery, robbery, and stealing.
His case was brought to public attention through his mother’s outcry and plea for government’s intervention on social media.
Drawn by the outcry, Gov. Ademola Adeleke of the state directed the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice to look into the case.
Adeleke on Thursday announced a state pardon for Olowookere and 51 other convicts.
Olawale Rasheed, the Spokesman for the governor, announced the governor’s clemency in a statement on Thursday.
The statement reads in part: “In line with the recommendations of the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, Governor Ademola Adeleke has exercised the prerogative of mercy towards 53 convicts serving various convictions within the Nigerian Correctional Service.
“Now know ye therefore that, I, Senator Ademola Jackson Adeleke, the Governor of Osun State of Nigeria, in exercise of the power conferred on me by paragraph (a), (c) and (d) of subsection (i) of Section 212 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as Amended), I am pleased to extend my grace and mercy unto the said inmates.
“Convicts recommended for outright pardon for good conduct (capital offences) are: Sunday Morakinyo, Segun Olowookere, Tunde Olapade and Demola Odeyemi.” (GBN)
