Crazy: 2 robbers sentenced to death for stealing fowls in Osun

OSOGBO—Justice Jide Falola of an Osun State High Court sitting in Okuku has sentenced two thieves to death for stealing fowls.

The convicts, Olowookere Segun and Morakinyo Sunday, were discovered liable of breaking into the place of one Mr. Balogun Tope, a cop joined to Divisional Police central station, Okuku, in April 2010 and trucking without end some of his assets.

The convicts were accused of conspiracy, theft and stealing as opposed to Section 6(b) and 1(2)(a) of Robbery and Firearm (Special Provisions) Act, top R 11 Laws of Federation of Nigeria 2004 and Section (390)(1) Criminal Code Law, Cap 34, Laws of Osun State, 2002.

The indictment group, headed by the state Solicitor-General, Mrs Abiola Adewemimo, called six witnesses and tendered some exhibits amid the arraignment.

The indictment told the court that on November 13, 2010, men were located around Balogun's home outfitted with cutlass and a dane gun, and that while two of them were captured, others got away.

The convicts were said to have admitted that they stole the complainant's fowls, including that they had been in his home before to take.

Adewemimo said: "They additionally expressed that they had prior victimized Alhaja Umani Oyewo in her home and stole ovens, eggs and barrels of vegetable oil from the house."

In his judgment, Justice Falola indicted them on just three numbers: to death for intrigue; life sentence for burglary, and three years detainment for stealing.

Equity Falola proposed that the senator can choose to drive capital punishment to 10 years detainment, considering the convicts' age.

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