2 sentenced to death for stealing fowls in Osun

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.