The Supreme Court on Friday in Abuja affirmed the death sentence
passed on the General-Overseer of Christian Praying Assembly, Chukwuemeka
Ezeugo, popularly called “Rev. King”, over the brutal killing of a member of
the church, Ann Uzoh.
Delivering the judgment, Justice Sylvester
Nguta, held that the convict’s appeal lacked merit.
“The facts of the case could have been lifted from horror film and
the court cannot but resolve all the 12 issues raised in this appeal against
Ezeugo.
“This appeal has no merit. The judgment of the
Court of Appeal is hereby affirmed.
“The prison sentence that was earlier handed
based on the other five-count charge is no longer relevant in view of the death
sentence passed on him.
“The appellant, in his defence, claimed that
the victims sustained the various injuries from an exploded generator within
the church’s premises but failed to prove this defence,” Mr. Nguta said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that
Mr. Ezeugo was arraigned on Sept. 26, 2006, on a six-count charge of attempted
murder and murder.
The charge against him was at the instance of the Lagos State
Directorate of Public Prosecutions over the death of Uzo and wilful injuries
brought on five others.
NAN further reports that the appellant was on
Jan. 11, 2007, convicted and sentenced to death by hanging for the alleged
offences.
The prosecution had argued during the trial,
that the convict poured petrol and on the diseased and five others, set them
alight, and left them for dead.
Uzoh died on Aug. 2, 2006, 11 days after the
incident. (NAN)
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