A former Oyo State Lawyer Basic and Commissioner for Justice, Mutalubi Adebayo, has condemned the intervention of the Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke within the dying sentence of a younger man, Segun Olowookere, within the state.

Naija Information reviews that Justice Oyejide Falola of an Osun State Excessive Courtroom in Okuku had convicted and sentenced Olowookere and one Sunday Morakinyo of armed theft and sentenced them to dying by hanging.

The 2 convicts, armed with firearms, had been reported to have forcefully entered the residence of a police officer, Balogun Tope, connected to the Divisional Police Headquarters in Okuku, in April 2010, stealing his belongings.

Adeleke, in a press release, had directed an investigation and the initiation of a pardon course of for the convict after Olowookere mother and father, in a viral podcast, claimed their son was sentenced to dying for stealing a fowl.

Nevertheless, talking by way of a press release made obtainable to journalists in Osogbo on Wednesday, Adebayo cautioned towards unconstitutional investigations.

He warned towards actions that would endanger judges and expose them to threats from criminals, probably resulting in lack of life.

The senior lawyer urged governments and the general public to keep away from being misled by bloggers and social media commentators spreading half-truths and falsehoods to vilify and harass the judiciary.

His assertion learn, “The declare that the prisoner was convicted and sentenced to dying for stealing a fowl is an outright falsehood and low-cost blackmail, geared toward securing his launch by means of underhanded means.

“The convict was a member of a infamous gang of armed robbers that terrorised residents of Odo-Otin Native Authorities Space in Osun State earlier than his arrest. He was pretty tried, convicted, and sentenced to dying by hanging by the Osun State Excessive Courtroom. There was no attraction towards the judgment in over 14 years.”

Adebayo clarified that whereas governors and the president have the constitutional proper to grant pardons, it’s unconstitutional for the manager to research judicial selections, together with the reasoning or propriety of such judgments.

“The manager arm lacks such powers. Investigating judges for his or her selections constitutes a usurpation of the judiciary’s constitutional position. Judges being harassed on-line for performing their lawful duties is deeply traumatic, particularly when such assaults are rooted in falsehoods and rumours,” he added