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.