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After Spending 26 Years On Ðeath Row At Kirikiri Maximum Prison, Lagos State For Buying A St0len Generator, Ogbonna Igbojionu Reunites With His Mother. He’s from Abia State, and was 22 years old as at the time of his impr!sonment in 1999.”

[b]He bought the generator from Segun Ajibade.
He sold it, thinking it was legit. Two weeks later, segun Ajibade returned with police, claiming the generator was stolen. They both got arrested at the spot[/b].

What followed was a nightmare. Ogbonnaya alleges he was beaten and forced to sign a statement he couldn’t read. Remanded in 1999, he was sentenced to death in 2003 for allegedly buying stolen property. He was just 26, his life upended, sent to Kirikiri’s death row.

For 26 YEARS, Ogbonnaya languished in Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison. His youth, dreams, and freedom were stolen. Meanwhile, Segun Ajibade, the actual culprit who who sold him the generator, reportedly walked free in 2016 after receiving a pardon from Ogun State’s governor.

Ogbonnaya, along with co-accused Kolawole Oladeji (a technician) and others, faced a flawed trial. They appealed to the Court of Appeal but were allegedly misled into withdrawing it with false promises of a pardon that never came.
In 2025, TikToker Olumide Ogunsanwo (“Sea King”) spotlighted Ogbonnaya’s plight, igniting public outcry. Simon Oshi, from Enugu, saw the post, visited Kirikiri with lawyers, and confirmed Ogbonnaya’s Abia roots. He reached out to Abia Gov. Alex Otti.

Gov. Otti moved fast. He sent Abia’s Attorney General to verify the case, coordinated with Lagos and Ogun State authorities, and secured the release of Ogbonnaya, Olawale Adediji, and another inmate on July 6, 2025. The third couldn’t travel to Abia for the handover.

The reunion was emotional. On July 6, at Abia’s Government House, Ogbonnaya, now 48, tearfully reunited with his mother after 26 years. Videos of their embrace went viral, a bittersweet moment of joy and pain. He thanked Otti for “giving me another chance at life.”
Kolawole Oladeji, the technician, was also freed. He’d repaired the generator, unaware of its origins, yet suffered the same fate. Both men were promised reintegration support by Otti, who tasked commissioners to help them rebuild their lives.

After Segun Ajibade’s 2016 pardon, he faded from public view. The real culprit walked free while innocents suffered— our justice system in this country is flawed.

richie240:
ADC don buy market.
These vultures have no other plans than to hijack the party

They did it with Labor party

Then why is he running from Labor party since he ''doesnt need them".
Why is he now frolicking with the same people he had rubbished if he ''doesnt need them"?

Politics is not for everybody,but some ppl nor go hear.

OChimex:
Get well soon Mr Tom.

What a useless country. Look at the hospital like a morgue.
Just look at oxygen tank like Carbide tank used by village welders
No govt health insurance for people?
No payment plan for people to pay later

yarimo:
Coalition members don't even trust themselves and they want Nigerians to trust them

soartrends:
"Coalition of Thieves? Nigerians reacts! 'We Don’t Want Your Fake Unity!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNdptHzSJHI

Timblac:
Still waiting for your update bro..make all these workmen no go run enter us

OnyeObowo1:
Lmao 🤣🤣

Jaylord12:
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yarimo:
ok ooooo ooooooooooo ooooooooooo ooooooooooo

Userr:
Obi is the only one that can currently win tinibu in an election his one term claim will even make it easier for him

yarimo:
and the only labour party governor refused to follow him you are free to keep fooling yourself oo 🤣 Carry on

fabolouz1:
Apart from reviving enyimba football club to be a force to reckon with in Africa during his time, I count him as a failure.
Most of the roads constructed by his administration were sub standard and this was continued by Theodore orji and Ikpaezu.