The Lagos State
Government is set to execute the General Overseer of the Christian Praying
Assembly, Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, also known as Rev King and other prison inmates
on death roll.
This was
disclosed by the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji
Kazeem during a press conference in the state.
Kazeem said
the state government was reviewing the cases of those on death roll and will be
taking a crucial decision soon.
The
Commissioner disclosed that his recent visit to prisons in the state which was
on the instruction of the state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, said prison
officials drew his attention to the highhandedness of those on death row.
According to
Kazeem, previous administration had not deemed it fit to sign documents for the
execution of convicts on death row, but the Ambode administration is moving
towards signing the execution document.
Kazeem said,
“Very soon, you will see the action of this government on that issues, we are
reviewing the case on Rev. King and others on death roll.
“Lots of
people are on death row, Rev. King is not the only one on death row, it is on
the instruction of Ambode that I visited the prisons recently and I discuss the
issue with the prison officials and they expressed concern.
“We are
moving in that direction of signing. The prison officials said we need to look
at that seriously. Those on death row are beginning to think they have some
rights. We are going to move in that direction, you will hear from me, but I
will not tell you the exact date.”
Recall that
the Supreme Court had on 27 February, 2016 upheld the judgment of the Appeal
Court which passed death penalty on King.
-Daily Post
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