The 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.
"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.”
ReplyDeleteWOW ! People do u read that? Please what kind of statement is this above in quote? Don't they (The prisoners) have right? They may not have the right of free movement or freedom but they have other rights, I think. As long as they are still alive, they should exercise their right to some extent and I don't think any prison worker or government official that thinks or talks this way belongs to such a governmental establishment because I believe that anyone that talks or thinks like this person thinks and talks is surely abusive. Invedtigate him. Or what do u think? Tanx a lot, 04172017 @ 2:02pm.
I'm not saying that they shouldn't be executed if they are guilty of whatever they said they are guilty of but my contention is about the statement, "Those on death row are beginning to think they have some rights." Of cause prisoners have some rights!!! Yes they do.They may not have all the rights like someone who is outside and not imprisoned but they still have some rights and as a nation, we cannot rob or deny them of those rights as long as they are still alive. We cannot and should not. Tanx a lot.
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