{"id":58172,"date":"2024-12-18T11:45:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T11:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58172"},"modified":"2024-12-18T11:45:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T11:45:56","slug":"governor-adeleke-orders-review-of-death-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/18\/governor-adeleke-orders-review-of-death-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Adeleke Orders Review of Death Sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Gabriella Ogbu<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has expressed concern over the death sentence reportedly handed to a young man for stealing a fowl. In a statement issued on Tuesday via X.com, Adeleke directed the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice to investigate the matter and initiate a process for granting the convict a prerogative of mercy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have received the report of a young man sentenced to death by hanging in Osun State for stealing a fowl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have directed the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice to conduct a thorough investigation and initiate the process for a prerogative of mercy,\u201d Adeleke stated.<\/p>\n<p>The governor assured residents of the state&#8217;s commitment to justice, fairness, and equity, adding that the matter is receiving urgent attention.<\/p>\n<p>The case, which involves a man arrested in 2010 and sentenced to death by hanging in 2014 for allegedly stealing a fowl, has sparked nationwide outrage.<\/p>\n<p>Critics argue that the punishment is disproportionately harsh for such a minor offense.<\/p>\n<p>On social media, the incident has reignited debates on the appropriateness of the death penalty in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>A user, #Uncle_Olu_, wrote, \u201cSomeone sentenced to death for stealing a fowl after 14 years in jail, but those who stole billions get mere fines. This country is broken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others provided context, highlighting that under Nigerian law, theft involving a weapon is classified as armed robbery, which carries a mandatory death sentence.<\/p>\n<p>User #TheYemiKing explained, \u201cEven stealing \u20a620 with a knife is armed robbery. Judges are bound by the law but can recommend clemency to the governor. Why didn\u2019t Aregbe (the former governor) act on this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Legal experts and human rights advocates have called for reforms to address the proportionality of punishments and ensure justice aligns with global human rights standards.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Adeleke\u2019s intervention is seen as a potential step towards reviewing the case and addressing concerns over the fairness of the justice system in Osun State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Gabriella Ogbu Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has expressed concern over the death sentence reportedly handed to a young man for stealing a fowl. In a statement issued on Tuesday via X.com, Adeleke directed the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice to investigate the matter and initiate a process for granting the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":58173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-58172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58174,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58172\/revisions\/58174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}