REAL REASON I WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH- OSUN 'BOY' CONVICTED OF FOWL THEFT. (PHOTO).
Nigerians were stunned on Tuesday as social media was awash with reports of an only child, Segun Olowookere, who was sentenced to death in Osun State for stealing fowl. There were different versions of what truly transpired and why the convict was given what many considered a harsh punishment for the offence. Olowookere was put into detention in 2010, noted that the complainant in the matter was a family member of the convict. He was arrested when he was barely 17 years old when the crime was committed. In an exclusive interview with newsmen, Olowookere explained the actual circumstances of his sentencing. Olowookere was arrested alongside another convict, Sunday Morakinyo, in Oyan, Odo-Otin Local Government of Osun State, in November 2010. They were accused of robbing a policeman attached to the Divisional Police Headquarters, Okuku, Tope Balogun, of two fowls and eggs. On January 30, 2013, the police arraigned them before Justice Jide Falola of the state High Court in Ikirun fo...