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 prisons in state very soon except sudden and unexpected changes took place.
The Supreme Court had on 27 February, 2016 upheld the judgment of the Appeal Court which passed death penalty on King by hanging.
The State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji Kazeem at a ministerial press conference on Tuesday 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.
“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.
