Rev. Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, a.k.a Reverend King will
be hanged for murder, the Supreme Court affirmed
today, ending a ten year legal war to uptown the
verdict of a Lagos High court.
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King, General Overseer of the Christian Praying
Assembly in Lagos, had challenged the judgment of
the Lagos High Court and the Appeal court, which
affirmed his sentencing to death by hanging.
The apex court presided over by Justice Walter
Onoghen gave the judgement today.
Ezeugo was arraigned on September 26, 2006 on a
six-count charge of attempted murder and murder.
He pleaded not guilty to the allegation but was
sentenced to death by the then Justice Joseph
Oyewole of Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, on January
11, 2007 for the murder of one of his church
members, Ann Uzoh.
Justice Oyewole is now a judge of Appeal Court
sitting in the Calabar division.
The Lagos State Government had said that the
convict poured petrol on the deceased and five other
persons and that Uzoh died on August 2, 2006; 11
days after the act was perpetrated on her.
Ezeugo was convicted and sentenced to 20 years
imprisonment for the attempted murder and death
by hanging for the offence of murder.
Dissatisfied, Ezeugo challenged the verdict before
the Court of Appeal in Lagos, but the appeal was
thrown out.
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