Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State is seeking to pardon Segun Olowookere, who was sentenced to death by hanging for allegedly stealing a chicken and eggs in 2010. Olowookere's family claims he was wrongfully arrested and pressured to pay a bribe for his release.
Ademola Adeleke, governor of Osun , is seeking to pardon Segun Olowookere who was sentenced to death by hanging for allegedly stealing a fowl and eggs in 2010. Biola Adebayo, a Nigerian actress, and the parents of the victim claimed that police officers from the Osun command arrested Olowookere for an offence he did not commit.
Olowookere Olanrewaju, the man’s father, said a divisional police officer (DPO) asked him to pay N30,000 for his son’s release, but N20,000 was all he could raise at the time. “We are here to beg Nigerians to help us. In 2010, I was at the shop where I was renting out cassettes, and at about 11am, some police officers came around,” he said.“We later found out some students from Segun’s school were in their vehicle and they said they were arrested because of the theft of a chicken and eggs. “Truth be told, Segun (my son) does not eat chicken. Because I trained broilers. He refused to run away, telling us that he didn’t know anything about the theft of the chicken. “They came back around 9pm in the night and he was eventually arrested. It was when I visited the station that I knew who owned the chicken and eggs. He was just like a brother to me.“I was told by the DPO in charge to bring N30,000 so my son could be released but after running around, all I could raise was N20, 000 which he refused to collect.” Folashade Olowookere, mother of the victim, said her son, who was 17 at the time of his arrest, has now spent over 14 years in prison since he was sentenced.on Wednesday, Adeleke directed the attorney-general and commissioner for justice in Osun to commence a full probe into the matter. “I have received the report of a case of a young man reportedly sentenced to death by hanging in Osun State for stealing a fowl,” the statement read
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