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. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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What a foolish Judge. Don't you feel bad that those in power are looting billions without any consequence and you want to take someone's life for a minor offence? Who promoted this fool to judgeship?
ReplyDeleteHe he he he! This is the nature of Sharia they want to spread across Nigeria! Osun is now a Sharia compliant 'federation'. Wait until the leader of the Jihadist movement himself (Muhammadu Buhari) is elected president.
ReplyDeleteThis judge needs to be examined because I don't understand the rationale of his judgement. Give him a politician that stole billions and he won't be able to prescribe same judgement. Hypocrite!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely ridiculous. Death sentence for stealing fowls aka chicken??????
ReplyDeleteCan u people see y we don't want APC in govt?for stealing ordinary fowl and eggs?death sentence?all dese judges self,same judges dat got rauf his seat na,sebi election case is on ground,d judge cant do anything.well sa ,we are watching o
ReplyDeleteam sure by the end of xmas half osun people would have being sentence,because the season a lot of chicken would get missing.kangaroo justice without fair hearing.nonsence.
ReplyDeleteSince GEJ has bn elected has president of Nigeria......
ReplyDelete1) Price of fuel increases....
2) Boko Haram are killing....
3) Unstable Electricity.... Wen pay more on electricity and get less of wat we paid for...
4) pple are missing, chibok girlz 4 instance, not to mention many oda unheard news....
5) Corruption is increasing.... Someone who stole the pension money (millions of Naira) of the police his enjoying while dos dat stole #1000 to survive are been killed cos of stealing...
6) Our judiciary and journalist cant say the truth... Afraid of bn kill
7) Is this Goodluck or Badluck..........?
You are an ignorant, all these things you mentioned never started with Jonathan. All the people campaigning against Jonathan are doing so because he did not allow them have their ways. That's why you have all run to the APC where you'll have the opportunity to loot as much as you can. But you've failed. This is because there will be no vacancy in Aso Rock until 2019.
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