Plans
by the Lagos State government to execute the General-Overseer of the
Christian Praying Assembly, CPA, Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, a.k.a Rev. King
following revelations by the State Attorney General and Commissioner for
Justice, Adeniji Kazeem.
General-Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly, CPA, Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, a.k.a Rev. King
Baring last minute change, the Lagos State Government will execute
the General-Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly, CPA, Chukwuemeka
Ezeugo, a.k.a Rev. King and others on death row in Lagos prisons
soonest, according to PM News.
It would be recalled that the Supreme Court had on 27 February,
2016 upheld the judgment of the Apeal Court which passed death penalty
on King, saying the condemned reverend must die by hanging.
Briefing newsmen on the latest development about the judgement,
State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji Kazeem at a
ministerial press conference on Tuesday in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria
said the state government was reviewing the matter with a view to taking
a crucial decision very soon.
Kazeem said he visited prisons in the state recently and that it
was on the instruction of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, saying that what
the prison officials drew his attention to was the highhandedness of
those on death row as they felt that they had certain rights which
excluded them from being executed.
He said the prison officials complained bitterly on this and wanted the government to take action to remedy the situation.
“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,” he said.
Kazeem, who said previous administration had not deemed it fit
to sign documents for the execution of convicts on death row, vowed that
the Ambode administration was moving towards signing the execution
document to executive those on death row.
“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,” he said.
On the issue of Major Hamzat Al-Mustapha, Kazeem disclosed that the
state government had re-opened the case, saying that government was
putting machinery in motion to ensure that justice was done on the
matter.
Al-Mustapha was allegedly fingered in the murder of the late
Kudirat Abiola, but he won the case in the court. However, the court has
given the state government to nod to re-open the case.
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