General Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly, Chukwuemeka Ezeugo (aka Rev. King), has again appealed to the Supreme Court, seeking to reverse the death sentence passed on him by a Lagos High Court in Ikeja on January 11, 2007.
The cleric, who was sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of a church member, is appealing against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Lagos which on February 1, 2013 affirmed the Lagos High Court’s verdict.
Justice Joseph Oyewole of the Lagos High Court had convicted and sentenced Ezeugo to death by hanging for the murder of Ann Uzoh, and attempted murder of five other devotees.
The condemned cleric, arraigned on September 26, 2006 on six counts of attempted murder and murder, was said to have poured petrol on six devotees for an offence which he classified as “acts of fornication,” and set them ablaze.
One of the victims, Uzoh, died on August 2, 2006, 11 days after the incident, as a result of the injuries she sustained from the incident.
Ezeugo’s lawyer, Mr. Olalekan Ojo, filed the notice of appeal at the Court of Appeal, Lagos which will, in turn, transfer the records of the appeal to the Supreme Court in Abuja. The Supreme Court is to fix a date for hearing after then.
2 comments:
so they havnt hanged this guy yet. smh. politics in naija sha. money 4 hand, anytin goes.
Obodo naigeria bet y?? Y hasn't justice been served eh? So dis man is still breathing! How much is he givin d prison officials that will b able 2 compensate d families of d victims? My people money is not everything o. Stop bribery nd corruption!
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