26th February, 2016
The Supreme Court has confirmed the verdict of the lower courts by confirming the death sentence of Rev. Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, a.k.a Reverend King.
King, General Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly in Lagos, challenged the judgment of a Lagos High Court sentencing him to death by hanging but lost.
The apex court presided over by Justice Walter Onoghen adjourned till today to give judgment after listening to arguments from counsel to prosecution and defence in the matter.
Lagos State Attorney general and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem, who appeared before the Supreme Court alongside Mrs. Idowu Alakija, the Director of Public Prosecution and other Senior Counsel in the State, urged the court to dismiss the appeal and uphold the judgment of the lower court.
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.