Ndigbo Cultural Society of Nigeria (NCSN) has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria not to make haste in carrying out the death sentence passed on Rev. Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, the General Overseer of Christian Praying Assembly, by the Supreme Court on Friday.
Leader of the group, Chief Udo Udeogaranya, made the appeal after the Supreme Court threw out Rev King’s appeal against the death sentence passed on him in 2007 by a Lagos High Court presided over by Justice Joseph Oyewole.
According to Udeogaranya, the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government should “commute the sentence and grant him pardon as Nigeria stands to gain nothing by shedding blood.
“This plea is premised on the ground that many Nigerians still hold Rev. Ezeugo as their spiritual leader even in various prisons and that the initial trial in Lagos as purportedly put forward by his lawyer Mr. Olalekan Ojo and published by national dailies was a miscarriage of justice in which the lawyer made certain points that demanded a second thought.
“Ojo argued that his client did not commit the crime and was not at the scene of the incident. He insisted that the deceased, Ann Uzoh, had in two statements she made after the incident and before her death, stated that she got burnt in a generator accident and that the cleric was not responsible for her injuries.
“Ojo said the Investigating Police Officer, IPO, had tendered statements which stated that Ezeugo was not responsible for the burns that led to Uzoh’s death. He alleged that the trial Judge refused to admit in evidence, the statements he said exonerated Ezeugo of the crime.
“The lawyer further contended had those ‘vital exhibits’ been admitted rather than expunged by the trial judge, they would have operated to cast serious doubt on the case of the prosecution. He maintained that Justice Oyewole’s refusal to admit the exhibits in evidence ‘occasioned a great miscarriage of justice’ against his client.”
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Igbos should please just shut up! They are always willing to defend what is not right even when one of theirs has been convicted and found guilty! What sort of tribe are they? They have lost all moral values.
ReplyDeleteU too shut ur stinking mouth!!!Mr.Martin. As matured as u are u don't even know how to talk. How can u insult a whole race for a single person mistake. U should b a racist or anti Igbo. U need to work on yourself and hatred u have inside before u comment on reality and not based on ur hatred. Igbo, Yoruba and .....have bad eggs among them and u don't speak to only one race when a single person commits it. U need to repent and be neutral.
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There are bad people in every tribe. But Igbos in Nigeria are known to gang up in defense of any Igbo who is a criminal. It is not Rev. King that is giving Igbos the bad name - it is the Igbo group ganging up to say he should not face the consequence of his murder. That has been the Igbo trend, and it is in the interest of Igbos to stop defending criminals just because they happen to be Igbo.
DeleteU guys are fools. Dis man did not commit d said crime. Dis injustice.even if he did, We should hv a forgiving spirit.
ReplyDeleteThank God the person he killed was igbo and the people who testified against him are igbo too. Dem for don say na marginalisation and tribal gangup again
ReplyDeleteBut there is another report by the police according to this news that mentioned the police gathered that the accuse was not at the scene, that the victim's burns was due to generators fire. The news make us understand that the jeorges didn't acknowledge it for further verification. If not verified properly, I think it will be wrong to pass this judgement of death penalty.
ReplyDeleteMumu do think that the judges re fools, the useless man deserve the punishment, and is going to hell fite direct with that his lai lai pastor, God will punih him.
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