By Ayorinde Oluokun/thenewsnigeria.com.ng 

Rev. Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, a.k.a Reverend King will be hanged for murder, the  Supreme Court affirmed today, ending a ten year legal war to uptown the verdict of a Lagos High court.
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King, General Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly in Lagos, had challenged the judgment of the Lagos High Court and the Appeal court, which affirmed his  sentencing to death by hanging.

The apex court presided over by Justice Walter Onoghen gave the judgement today.

Ezeugo was arraigned on September 26, 2006 on a six-count charge of attempted murder and murder.

He pleaded not guilty to the allegation but was sentenced to death by the then Justice Joseph Oyewole of Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, on January 11, 2007 for the murder of one of his church members, Ann Uzoh.

Justice Oyewole is now a judge of Appeal Court sitting in the Calabar division.

The Lagos State Government had said that the convict poured petrol on the deceased and five other persons and that Uzoh died on August 2, 2006; 11 days after the act was perpetrated on her.

Ezeugo was convicted and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for the attempted murder and death by hanging for the offence of murder.

Dissatisfied, Ezeugo challenged the verdict before the Court of Appeal in Lagos, but the appeal was thrown out.