Lagos — Controversial Lagos clergyman, Chukwu-emeka Ezeuko (a.k.a) Dr. Rev King) yesterday filed a notice of appeal before the Court of Appeal, holden in Lagos, asking the upper court to set aside a death sentence currently hanging on his neck, after he was found guilty and convicted for attempted murder and murder by a Lagos High Court (Ikeja Division) judge, Justice Olubunmi Oyewole.
The convict, who is currently held in Kiri-kiri Maximum Prisons in Lagos, was on Thursday, January 11, sentenced to death by hanging for murder, in addition to a 100 year jail term on five counts of attempted murder, for setting members of his church, the Christian Praying Assembly (CPA) on fire for allegedly committing fornication, an act which led to the death of one of them, Ann Uzoh King.
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