Supreme Court upholds Rev. King’s death sentence

The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of the convicted General-Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly, Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, a.k.a Rev. King.

                          

The seven-man panel of Justices led by Justice Walter Onnoghen upheld the death by hanging sentence passed on the clergyman by the Lagos State High Court.

Delivering the verdict of the apex court, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta dismissed the appeal of Ezeugo stating that “the facts of the case could have been lifted from horror film.”
He went further to state that “This appeal has no merit. The judgement of the court of appeal is hereby affirmed. The prison sentence that was earlier handed to the appellant is no longer relevant in view of the death sentence passed on him.”

It will be recalled that the Anambra state-born reverend was convicted and sentenced to death by hanging on January 11, 2007 for the alleged murder of his church member, Ann Uzoh, and on the instance of Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions, he was arraigned on September 26, 2006 on a six-count charge of attempted murder and murder.

In her judgment, trial Justice Joseph Oyewole said there was sufficient evidence linking the accused person to the commission of the crime, and sentenced him to 20 years imprisonment for the attempted murder and death by hanging for the offence of murder.
Dissatisfied with the judgment, Reverend King, through his lawyer Mr Olalekan Ojo, took the case before the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal and prayed the appellate court to set aside the judgment citing a ‘miscarriage of justice.’

Meanwhile, after due consideration of the case, a three-man panel of justices of the appellate court dismissed Ezeugo’s appeal and upheld the high court verdict.

Undeterred, Rev King lodged an appeal before the Supreme Court which was challenged by the Lagos state government through its Attorney General, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem and Director of Public Prosecutions, Mrs. Idowu Alakija, urging the uphold the concurrent judges of the lower courts.

The case may have dragged on for too long in the eyes of the waiting public, but in the end, justice appears to have been done.

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