BREAKING: Gov Adeleke Pardons Man Sentenced to Death for Stealing fowl

The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke has pardoned Segun Olowookere, popularly known as the “death-for-fowl” convict, along with 52 other inmates, including his co-convict Sunday Morakinyo.

Olowookere was sentenced to death by an Osun State High Court in 2014 for conspiracy to commit armed robbery, robbery, and stealing, which he committed at the age of 17.

The governor’s decision comes after Olowookere’s mother pleaded for intervention in her son’s plight on a podcast, which went viral on social media. This prompted Adeleke to direct the state’s attorney general to begin the process for Olowookere’s pardon.

According to the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, the pardon was granted in line with the recommendations of the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy.

The governor stated, “In line with the recommendations of the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, Governor Ademola Adeleke has exercised the prerogative of mercy towards 53 convicts serving various convictions within the Nigerian Correctional Service.

“Now know ye therefore that, I, Senator Ademola Jackson Adeleke, the Governor of Osun State of Nigeria, in exercise of the power conferred on me by paragraph (a), (c) and (d) of subsection (i) of Section 212 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as Amended), I am pleased to extend my grace and mercy unto the said inmates.

“Convict recommended for outright pardon for good conduct (capital offences) are: Sunday Morakinyo, Segun Olowookere, Tunde Olapade and Demola Odeyemi.”