NIGERIA: REV KING'S APPEAL SUFFERS SETBACK

attempts by the General Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly (CPA), Isolo, Lagos, Emeka Ezeugo, alias Dr Rev King, to introduce additional grounds of appeal in the appeal he filed before the Court of Appeal in Lagos suffered serious setback as the court struck out the application. King is challenging his conviction last year by an Ikeja High Court in Lagos for murder and is asking the appellate court to set aside the judgement of the lower court and to also quash the conviction handed down on him. At the resumed hearing in the matter, the court pointed out that the motion was not supported by the original notice of appeal and suggested that it would be better if the application was withdrawn and properly filed.
Further hearing in the matter, was however, adjourned till June 10, 2008.