General Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly, Chukwuemeka Ezeugo (aka Rev. King) is not giving up just yet as he 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, and affirmed by the Court of Appeal, Lagos on February 1, 2013.
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.
King who was 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 died on August 2, 2006, 11 days after the incident, as a result of the injuries she sustained from the incident.
Rev King’s lawyer Mr. Olalekan Ojo, said Wednesday, that he had filed a five-ground notice against the decision of the appellate court which refused to reverse Oyewole’s judgment.
He 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.
Part of Ojo’s grounds of appeal was that the case of the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions at the trial court was “an impossible and improbable one”.
Ojo also faulted the judgment of the Court of Appeal for its refusal to reverse the death sentence because the trial judge turned down Ezeugo’s request to adduce an expert evidence on the inflammability of petrol.
He stated, “The learned Justices of the Court of Appeal were wrong in not considering the issue raised by the appellant to the effect that the case of the prosecution was an impossible and improbable one, having regards to the highly inflammable nature of petrol.
“We are saying that petrol, being an inflammable product, it is not possible for somebody to be soaked with petrol and another person who lit a match at a close range did not get hurt.
“The expert evidence was to have shown that if it was true that Rev. King ordered that quantity of petrol to be poured on the deceased, it meant the entire house would have been consumed by the resulting fire.” [Punch]
He’s just asking for extended grace to live. He who kill with the sword will die by the sword.
He that roll a stone shall get a stone roll back to him
My prayer to almighty God is that justice will prevail and this so called Rev. King will receive the right judgement for the abominable act that he committed. God is not respecter of anybody especially those who deceived human race with the name of God (wolves in sheep clothing). Over who is he a king, andwho made him a king? The only king that i know is Jesus Christ of Nazareth, He is the King of all kings. Amen
It’s not easy to accept condemnation and defeat, neither is victory achieveable freely. Rev. King has (either) to fight to save his own life and destiny or succumb to the utterances and jurisdictions of the court and give up (his) fundamental right to not challenge the verdict of the court for lesser punishment inleu of the already meted one. The court on the other hand, has it own integrity to defend. Either way, there is alway a winner and a looser and this is what I can describ as “FIGHTING A FIGHT”…. All the best to Rev. King and may God grant the family of the deseased and the victims the fortitude to bear theie losses.
This man shuld hav been dead by stoning long ago. What enfontry?anyway anything can happen as long as this country is consine.
They will let him go . Trust 9ja
Reverend indeed! Is he God or he wanted to strengthen the Ark of God? What a pastor! Other clergies are preaching for repentance while he is busy killing members for commiting fornication! From where did he get that?
why our presdent did not pardon this man or giving amnesty?..lol our 9ija alamieyeseigha get pardoned
The measure you give out is what you will receive.
Why is he now begging to live? He who commits murder dose not worth living. Let him taste death to know if death is worth better than living.
The Bible says the wicked must not go unpunish.
The so called Rev king must not go free justice must have its cause