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Segun Olowookere: Nigerian man sentenced to death in Osun state promised pardon

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Segun Olowookere was 17 years old in 2010 when he was arrested along with his accomplice, Morakinyo Sunday .

They were said to have attacked the home of a police officer and another person with an old-fashioned wooden gun and a sword but only got away with the poultry.

In 2014 , Justice Jide Falola of the Osun State High Court sentenced the two to death by hanging after finding them guilty of forcefully breaking into the police officer's house and stealing his belongings.

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semi-formal

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English

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