Ademola Adeleke, governor of Osun, has pardoned Segun Olowookere, who was sentenced to death by hanging for stealing a chicken and eggs in 2010.
In a statement released on Thursday, Adeleke gave the prerogative of mercy to 53 convicts, including Olowookere.Olowookere’s story went viral recently, and it sparked public outcry after an interview granted by his parents.In an interview with Biola Adebayo, a Nigerian actress, the parents claimed that police officers from the Osun command arrested Olowookere for an offence he did not commit.
Olanrewaju, his father, said a divisional police officer asked him to pay N30,000 for his son’s rerelease, noting that he could only raise N20,000 at the time.Advertisement Following the viral video, Adeleke directed the attorney-general and commissioner for justice in Osun to commence a full probe into the matter.They were said to have been arrested while robbing a poultry farm. Arms were reportedly recovered from them.In Osun, the offence of armed robbery had a mandatory punishment of death by hanging.Adeleke remitted the remainder of sentences of 30 inmates convicted for simple offences.
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