Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has ordered the commutation of sentences of 53 convicts, including a boy sentenced to death for stealing chicken and eggs.

Adeleke, in a statement yesterday said the order was in line with the recommendations of the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, which also extends to convicts sentenced to death but have spent a minimum of 10 years in custody.

Recommended for outright pardon is ‘Segun Olowokere’ sentenced to death alongside some others, at the age of 17, in 2010, by an Osun State High Court, sitting in Ikirun, for robbing a poultry farm in Oyan, Odo-Otin Local Government Area of the state.

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