Why Akeredolu will sign death warrant of convicts sentenced to death – Ondo AG

Ondo State Governor Mr Rotimi Akeredolu will soon sign the death warrant of convicts sentenced to death by different courts in the southwestern state.

State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice Mr Adekola Olawoye disclosed this at the weekend while speaking with newsmen.

The Commissioner maintained that the state government has no plan to abolish death sentence as it was being rumoured.

A state high court sitting in Akure had last week sentenced one Seidu Adeyemi to death for killing one Khadijat Adeyemi, daugther of the immidiate past Deputy Governor of the state, Alhaji Lasisi Oluboyo.
There were however insinuations in some quarters that the state government had abolished the death sentence, suggesting that the convict (Adeyemi) would not be hanged to death as ordered by the court.

Although the state Attorney General hinted that some individuals and organisations in the state had clamoured for the abolition of death penalty in the state, he said the state government did not yield to their clamour.

Olawoye insisted that the state government has no plan to abolish capital punishment, which he said remains a punitive measure for offenders found guilty by the court.

He disclosed that Governor Akeredolu will soon sign the death warrant of those who have been sentenced to death in the state in line with the constitution.

He said it was imperative for law to take its course, hence the implementation of court judgment by the state government.