Two armed robbers, Olowookere Segun and Morakinyo Sunday, have been sentenced to death for forcefully breaking into the house of a police officer, Balogun Tope in Osogbo, Osun State and carting away from some of his belongings, an offence committed four years ago.
Vanguard reports that 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, led by the State’s Solicitor-General, Mrs Abiola Adewemimo, told the court that on November 13, 2010, men armed with cutlasses and dane guns, were sighted around Balogun’s home. Two of them were arrested and others escaped.
The convicts reportedly confessed that they stole the Balogun’s fowls, adding that they had been in his house before to steal.
According to Adewemimo: “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 judgement, Justice Jide Falola of the Osun State High Court sitting in Okuku convicted them on three counts: to death for conspiracy; life sentence for robbery, and three years imprisonment for stealing.
He however recommended that considering the convict’s ages, the governor could decide to commute the death sentence to 10 years imprisonment.
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