Pandemonium in Badagry over iman’s alleged bid to use lover for money ritual

LAGOS—Mowo 11, a suburb of Olorunda Local Council Development Area of Badagry area in Lagos State, was yesterday thrown into pandemonium, as an Islamic cleric, Mallam Shehu, popularly referred to as Alhaji Sambo, attempted to use his 20-year-old lover, Busayo Amdalat, for money ritual.

The victim, who resides in Ibeju-Lekki, was said to have visited the cleric at Mowo Phase 2 in Badagry to spend the Christmas holidays.
It was gathered that in the early hours of yesterday, the cleric had a visitor known as Ifa and they asked the victim to put on a white cloth and when she did, the cleric and his accomplice hit Busayo with an iron rod on her head.

Slashing the victim’s throat
It was gathered that when Sambo’s accomplice, Ifa was slashing the victim’s throat, she was able to muster courage by hitting Ifa on the head with a bottle and in the process ran to a nearby street where a carnival was taking place.

Rushed to hospital
Some residents, who saw her drenched in a pool of blood with injuries inflicted on her neck and other parts of her body, quickly rushed her to an undisclosed hospital in the area.
A resident, Taiwo Abdulraman, who spoke with Vanguard said, the residents quickly mobilized themselves into two groups; one of them went after the cleric and his friend, Ifa, while others took the lady to hospital.

“We quickly mobilised and went after him, when we got to his house, we saw blood in parts of the building. There were lots of charms and other fetish substances in his house. We saw the iron rod and the sharp knife he used on her, but we didn’t meet him in the house. We also quickly mobilized and went to his second house at MTN Bus Stop, but he was nowhere to be found, he said.”
When Vanguard paid a visit to the hospital where the 20-year-old victim was being treated, her face and neck were covered with plaster.

The victim speaks
Narrating her ordeal, Miss Amadalat said “We both had a quarrel before now for close to three weeks. I knew his first wife before she died but the second wife did not want him (Sambo) to marry me but he resolved that he was going to marry me. I even got pregnant for him but he rejected the pregnancy at some point in time.

“I went to report him to a Muslim cleric but the cleric said there was nothing he could do to convince my lover to accept the pregnancy. For about two months, I did not call Sambo and because of the issue, I changed my telephone number.”

She said after Sambo apologized to her she forgave him.
Her words: “So, yesterday, Sambo and a man called Ifa were having a discussion in his house. Before I knew it, he started taking lots of alcohol, when I cautioned him; he refused to listen to me. He even offered me some but I rejected it.

“Later that night, he asked me to wrap myself in a white clothing of which I obliged. The man called Ifa wanted to use a cloth to cover my face and in the process, Sambo came in with an iron rod and hit me on the head. I shouted but nobody heard me because it was a bushy area.

“Ifa and Sambo attacked me with a knife but I managed to lock myself in a room. I now lied to them I had called one of the neighbours, it was in that process that they left and I managed to escape from the house.”
Source:Vanguard

Woman electrocuted in hotel room on her birthday

WAS Funke Balogun, 24, killed? Her family is alleging that she was killed.

But her boyfriend Abolade Adetunji and his family are claiming that she was electrocuted.

Funke, who was a National Diploma II student of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), was allegedly electrocuted on a hotel bathroom on Sunday.

The incident happened on 30, Balogun Street, Oshodi in Lagos where she and Adetunji, lodged in his mother’s hotel that was commissioned last Thursday.

Her younger sister, Funmi, said Abolade came to pick her sister at their residence on Saturday around 11pm, adding that was the last she saw of her.

She said: “Abolade was in a hurry that night and I told my sister not to go but she picked some of her things and left with him. On Sunday morning around 7, she called and said plans had changed that they were not going to the beach again but to a hotel and since then, we have been trying her mobile line. When she didn’t pick her call, I became worried. That day was her birthday and our mother still called her in the midnight to pray for her. Even, when my mum called Abolade’s mobile line, someone picked and said he forgot his phone and since then his lime has been switched off.”

Funmi said when she and some family members went to the hotel to check her, they didn’t see her, adding that the receptionist said Adetunji just stepped out and wasn’t with a girl.

“Even when we got to Abolade’s house, we were told he had gone to the beach. Around 8pm on Sunday, my cousin and I went to the hotel again, I sighted blood on the wall and when I asked Abolade’s brother, Bayo where my sister was, he said: ‘at the moment, Funke is dead’; he said it without remorse and was still icing drinks in the freezer. Even when we went to the police station, they said they were not aware of the incident. Is that how my sister will die? She has been dating him for almost a year. He just returned from National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Anambra State. The boy is very proud to the extent that whenever he visited her, he didn’t greet anyone.”

Adetunji told The Nation on his hospital bed yesterday that the late Funke wanted to have her bath that morning when they realised there was no toothpaste in the toilet.

He said: “She was already in the bathroom and I went to meet my brother who was on the same floor with us to get the toothpaste. As I returned to the room, I tried to open the toilet door but it was stiff. As I gained access to the toilet, I met her on the floor with a shower handle on her right hand. When I tried to carry her, I didn’t know what happened until I saw myself on hospital bed.”

At their home, his father, Mr Jamiu Adetunji, A. K.A (Yaro), said Abolade’s elder brother called their mother that they needed a doctor.

Adetunji said: “Immediately we took them to Geo Medical Centre where Funke eventually gave up. We first took her to General Hospital, Ikeja but she was rejected because there was none of her family members with us. It was later we reported the incident to Akinpelu Police Station where they took the body to Yaba mortuary. I wouldn’t want to kill someone else’s daughter. Funke was my son’s girl friend and I told her to help me monitor his movement because at times he wouldn’t listen and since he talked about her dearly, I felt she was going to inspire him. 

It is really unfortunate. My son has put me in trouble. Even when they wanted to know the girl’s full name, I pinched my son few times just for him to wake up. I have arrested the electrician that connected light to the building because last Friday, occupants of the building beside the hotel complained of shock in their house and I told the electrician but he refused to come. It was after the incident he came and was arrested. “

Some family members claimed that the late Funke’s skin was still fresh when they visited the mortuary, adding that there was no sign of electrocution except for her swollen right arm.

The bereaved mother, Mrs Kehinde Balogun, said she still spoke with her daughter on Sunday morning.

She said:”Funke was my first child and she has a three-year-old son. The only reason they live alone is because her school is close to the family house in Oshodi. Why did they kill my beauty? Why? What have I done to deserve this? I wish she listened to her sister that night because she had a dream. I saw my daughter in my sleep this morning telling me she had returned. 

It is unfortunate. I wish it was a reality. It is a big tragedy because where she died was three houses from where I gave birth to her. I warned her about him but she told me he was okay and assured me everything was fine.”

Source:The Nation

Nigerian to die by hanging for drug trafficking in Malaysia

A high court in Malaysia, on Monday, sentenced a Nigerian national to death by hanging after he was found guilty of trafficking 915.6 grammes of methamphetamine three years ago.

Judge Datuk Wan Afrah Wan Ibrahim made the decision after she was satisfied that the prosecution had proven the case against the accused, Ekene Collins Isaac, 37, beyond reasonable doubt.

The prosecution presented 13 witnesses while the defence had one witness who testified during the trial.

The accused, who was a cleaner in Nigeria, committed the offence at Wad 6C, Serdang Hospital, at Jalan Puchong, Kajang, between 7.20 a.m. on March 3, 2012 and 1.00 p.m. on March 5 of the same year. He was charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and Section 39B(2) of the same Act which carries the mandatory death penalty.

The drug was found inside the accused's body and he was alleged to have swallowed it before flying to Malaysia. The accused was represented by V. Samynathan while deputy public prosecutor, Nazir Amir Johari, prosecuted. Ekene did not show any reaction when the sentence was read out by Wan Afrah.
Source:Tribune

Ketu Boxing Day Tragedy: How trigger-happy policeman murdered my children – Mother

* Narrates last conversation with deceased children
*  We’ll investigate deceased killer cop—CP
Lagos—Mrs Beatrice Oyesunle, the 75-year-old mother of the twin brothers who were shot to death by a drunk Mobile Police Sergeant, weekend, alongside their friend, in Ketu area of Lagos, yesterday said the death of her only surviving children had crumbled her world.

This is just as one of the children, Taiwo Oyesunle, was discovered to be a Naval personnel attached to the Nigerian Navy Ship Wey, Satelite.
Taiwo, with his identical twin brother, Kehinde (34) and their friend, identified simply as Jeje were said to have gone to Paulson hotel, on Anibaba Street to book for a room for the latter’s girlfriend who would be returning to the country Saturday night.

On reaching the hotel, they were reportedly accosted by a gun wielding Mobile pliceman, Sergeant Stephen James, attached to MOPOL 22, Ikeja, who demanded for a bottle of beer.
Vanguard gathered that one of the guests told the visitors not to buy any alcoholic drink for him (policeman) as he had already taken three bottles of beer and a local drink popularly called Alomo bitters.

But James with Force number 217884 was said to have threatened to shoot them if they refused to do his bidding. The guests according to eye witnesses, cautioned him to comport himself in a manner befitting of a responsible security agency, unknown to them that they had incurred Sergeant James’ wrath.
Report had it that while the trio were leaving the premises, Sergeant James corked his riffle and opened fire first at Jeje, who was celebrating his birthday same day, in his right rib and elbow, killing him on the spot.

Sensing all was not well, eye witnesses told Vanguard yesterday that Taiwo who was clad in an ash shirt and navy blue trousers, attempted to flee the scene, only to be dragged back on his collar by the trigger happy cop who shot in his head, killing him also on the spot.
At this point, eye witnesses further said that Kehinde stood, pleading with the policeman to spare his life. But before he could finish the statement, a bullet from Sergeant James plunged his left ribs, causing him to fall. Another bullet was reportedly lodged in his buttocks by James.
Thereafter, Sergeant James was said to have knelt down and shot himself in the chest, with the bullet launching out from his back.

Double tragedy
Speaking with Vanguard the deceased twin brother 75-year-old mother, Mrs Beatrice Oyesunle, described the demise of her children as a double tragedy for her.
The first time fate dealt her a cruel blow was reportedly six months ago, following the death of her husband. While smarting from that, news of her only surviving children’s death followed.
Finding it difficult to believe what has happened , mama , as she is fondly called asked rhetorically, “where are my twins and my only source of survival ? Where do I start from? Who do I run to? Are you sure they are dead?”

At a point, her speech were no longer coherent, thereby causing her to be placed on sedative, which put her to sleep.
After six hours of rest, she woke and spoke with this reporter, saying: “when I lost my husband six months ago, they (children) told me they would take his place by ensuring I lacked nothing,even if it meant them going hungry. They kept to their words by giving me money on monthly basis .
The last time I set my eyes on them was on Christmas day,when they came visiting. They brought a live brawler and promised to come with money with which I would celebrate the new year. I never knew that day would not come”.

Continuing, she said: “While in church on Saturday, my children called me on my mobile phone. But I could not pick . After the church service , I dialled their lines severally without response. I never suspected anything cruel had befallen them, until my child hood friend called, and requested that I should rush down to her place to settle a score between Taiwo and his fiance. But to my shock when I got here , they broke the most devastating news of my entire 75 years to me.

“My only hope for survival are gone. The children that brought me solace are gone. They were my eyes, my everything. They promised to build me a house for me, so that I would not die as a tenant in Lagos . All those tall dreams have gone down the drain. Where do I start from at this age? Who will call me mummy ? The only children I have in heaven and earth are gone. Ah! Aye mi o”she exclaimed in Yoruba language.

How we survived being shot —Eye witnesses
Some guests at the hotel who spoke to Vanguard on condition of anonymity disclosed that they escaped death by the whiskers during the shooting spree by the deceased cop.
One of them said: “Before shooting himself, he had threatened to kill up to thirty persons. After shooting the three men, he pointed the gun at my direction bragging that he had made do his threat. I thought I was also going to end 2015 like others on the ground. I closed my eyes, anticipating the worst to happen. Then, all of a sudden, I heard a gun shot and concluded all had ended, only to open my eyes to discover he shot himself.”

Another resident who gave his name simply as EBA said “I escaped being shot by the MOPOL in August. I am a plumber. I went to work in a building by the the hotel. When he saw me he asked what I was going to do there. Before I could respond, he corked his riffle and threatened to shoot me. It was the hotel manager that calmed him down. Since then, I have not been there until Saturday when I heard he finally made do his threat.”

Some of the residents suspected that the deceased cop was on an illegal duty at the hotel, as they claimed he had been there for over two years,without any policeman taking over for him. They also blamed the hotel manager for the calamity that befell mama, saying, had he reported the misconduct of the deceased policeman to the appropriate quarters, the tragedy would have been averted.
When Vanguard arrived 3 Dairo Street, where the deceased twin brothers and their late friend, Jeje, shared a room apartment respectively, their doors were still under lock and key. The clothes they hung on the line that fateful day were later brought in by one of their neighbours.

CP visits scene
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Tunde Owoseni who visited scene of the shooting, described the incident as devastating.
The visibly saddened command boss said: “The IGP is also saddened by this incident. All what he (policeman) did negates the stands of the IGP that we should respect sanctity of life and that we should perform our duty with the observance of the rule of law and observe and respect the rights of the citizens.

“We will investigate the matter to know whether he was posted here or not. By the time we put the pieces and bits of everything together, we will know the reason for his presence here. I have meant with the family,” he said.
Asked if there was any plan to compensate the bereaved family, he simply responded “that will be too hasty.”
Source:Vanguard

I bled profusely, fainted as ‘suspected ritualist’ raped me—11 -yr-old girl

Family says police asking for bribe to prosecute assailant
When Mrs Lawal sent her 11-year-old grand-daughter (names withheld) on an errand to  deliver  okro  to  a customer, she did not envisage that the girl would be ambushed  not to talk of being raped.
The fate that befell the grand-daughter on November 29, 2015, at Pure Water Bus Stop along Lagos-Badagry Road,  was better imagined than experienced; she was found lying on a  culvert unconscious, with blood all over her body.

It was learned that victim was ambushed on her way to the next street when a 27-year-old  bakery worker, identified as Sule, allegedly ambushed her, dragged her to an uncompleted building and raped her.
It was alleged that Sule  then  abandoned the little girl  there. She regained conscious and barely able to walk out of the uncompleted building when she  collapsed on a culvert near Adebola International School, along palace road.

The suspect allegedly ran away after the rape, but police officers from Morogbo Divisional Police  Headquarters  apprehended  him  a week later.
Narrating her ordeal, the Primary 3 pupil  said: ‘’After my grandma returned from the market that day, she sent me to her customer who sells cooked food at the other street. She asked me to supply her fresh okro which the customer had  ordered for”.

‘’It was while I was on my way there  that uncle Sule, who works in a bakery at Itoro area,  called me. He said he wanted  to buy okro for his wife.  I told him  the okro  was not for sale, and that my mother’s friend had ordered for  it. He said I should follow him, but I refused. All of a sudden, he grabbed me and dragged me to an uncompleted building. When I tried to shout, he used his hand to cover my mouth. As I tried to struggle, he tore my clothes and removed my pants. He also used his nails to injure my back as I attempted to escape,  he over powered me and raped me.””

Mrs Lawal, the grandma, also gave her perspective of the incident. She stated: “After waiting for about 30 minutes for her to come back from the errand, I started looking for her because the place where she was supposed to take the okro to was the next street, less than 10 minutes’ walk. It was around  2pm that I asked her to go and give the okro to my customer who placed the order. After waiting for her to come, I started looking for her before an  Okada man came to alert me that they had found my grand-daughter at about 2:30pm, and that she was lying unconscious on a culvert close to Adebola School.

When I got there, onlookers had gathered at the scene. I was pained at what I saw; my little girl soaked in her own blood, her clothes torn. It was obvious she had been raped, as she was  bleeding profusely, but because she was unconscious we didn’t know who was responsible. Immediately, I called my husband and he asked me to report the case to the police. When we got to Morogbo Police Station, they gave us police report and referred us to the General Hospital, Badagry.’’

She continued: “A  doctor’s report  from  the hospital  confirmed that my grand child was raped, as she had deep cuts and severe injuries inflicted on her virginal which caused the bleeding. The doctor stated that  because of complications arising from the rape, her womb had been affected and that she needed urgent surgery. So they referred us  to Igando General Hospital, along Iba -LASU road where they said they had the facility to handle her case.”’

Also speaking on the incident, Mr Lawal, the grandfather of the victim, said, “I was not at home when my wife called me that something terrible had happened. Immediately, I asked her to go the police station to report the case. I met her at Morogbo Divisional Police Station.
“From Badagry General Hospital, I had to charter a cab that took us to Igando General Hospital, but  because of traffic, we did not get  to Igando until around 11pm and, by 12 midnight, she was in the theater because of the serious nature of her case. She was on admission from that day till  Sunday when she was discharged.

‘’All we want is for justice to be done. Sincerely, we don’t know the effect of this rape on  this little girl. We don’t know if the rapist did it for ritual purposes. We want justice because we don’t know the outcome of this. Already, we have spent about N150, 000  on  the treatment and surgery she underwent. Currently, the police at Panti are demanding money to continue the prosecution of the case. One of them asked for N20, 000.”

It was gathered that the case was transferred from Morogbo to Lagos State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, Panti, for further investigation and the girl’s  torn clothes stained with blood are being  used as exhibits.
It was gathered that the victim, who is the first child of her mother, has been living with her grandparents since she was six years old.
Source:Vanguard

Inside Rev King’s church … awaiting final judgment

■ Members upbeat, say they can’t pray for him because he’s the Christ
Seeing how members were gorgeously dressed and radiating joy, first time visitor to Christian Pray­ing Assembly (CPA), Ajao Estate, Lagos on Sun­day, December 13, would be infected with joy, and may concluded that they were the happiest people on earth. It was a day the church had its Love/Agape feast service, which holds every year. The array of automobiles of dif­ferent brands at the church premises added to the convivial atmosphere.

Since it holds once in a year, members who probably have not seen the past year, were hugging and exchanging pleas­antries after the service.
Contrary to expectation that a church whose leader has death sentence hanging on his neck should be moody, but there was no air of sobriety or apprehension at CPA over the fate of their General Overseer and founder, Rev Chukwue­meka Ezeugo aka Rev King, whom the Supreme Court had two days before, said it would early next year, deliver judg­ment on the death sentence passed on him by both the High Court and the Appeal Court.

The members seemed at peace with themselves and from their conducts, there was nothing to worry about their GO, whom they see as Jesus Christ that came for the second time. To them, it is just a travail that would take him to a higher glory.
Against the media report on December 11 that the apex court will deliver judgment on Rev King’s death sentence appeal on February 26, 2016, Saturday Sun undercover re­porter worshipped with CPA on December 13 to observe the mood of members, as their leader has a date with history.
The reporter observed that the members don’t behave as if their leader is in trouble. Throughout the service and the mar­athon prayer session, there was no time the church prayed for its GO. Instead, a message would come telling them that the GO said, so-and-so members in so-and-so branches should observe fasting and prayers for a period prescribed.

The message, taken from Joshua 12: 1- 18 and John 3: 16, which they said was prepared from Sokoto Pris­on and sent to all the branches centred on holiness and righteousness.
Some of the men still mimic his personality, especially his bears and clean-shaven head, and some still maintain King, as their surnames.
Their unparalleled loyalty of his members has faulted the law 42 of Robert Greene’s The 48 Laws of Power, says, “Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter”. In spite of his nine-year absence, the mem­bers are still swimming and sinking with him. The church is growing in leaps and bounds.
The members are not dispirited or perturbed over the or­deal of their leader; they have continued with their fellow­ships and the church growing tremendously. Those our re­porters spoke with were optimistic that the apex court will free him.

According to the minister, Chidozie King, before Rev King went to prison about nine years ago, the church had less than 60 branches, but now it has over 200 branches in different continents.
He said, the reason that the church is not even praying for Rev King is that no one can pray for God, since their leader is the Christ that has come the second time, and stressed that, as it is written, people will not recognise him.

The gathering speaks volume of his influence on the members even though not present with them.
This is more buttressed by his regular message they said he delivers to the church every Sunday and at such times, members claim that unusual miracles ranging from supernatural healings, breakthroughs, etc, take place. The message, which focused on holi­ness, purity and condemnation of adultery and fornication, could even make some of the churches that preach similar messages green with envy, more so, they seem to have penchant for mara­thon prayers.

This untainted loyalty from his members is largely because they see him as the biblical Elijah of the generation and who like Jesus Christ was punished for an offence he didn’t commit. They claim that even though he is not physically present, spiritually he is with them all the time, so his ab­sence does not make any difference.

In a chat, Chidozie King said that it was the media that condemned Rev King. According to him, journalists nev­er looked at the other side of the story to establish the truth. “For the avoidance of doubt, let me tell you the truth, saying “in his house, the generator was on, and there was very big jerry can for storing fuel, one Kossy was dispensing the fuel to smaller kegs so that it would be easy f o r these girls living with our GO to refill the generator.”
He pointed out that the girls were living in the Boys Quar­ters, only Rev King he said lived in the main building.

He said the generator went off, and Ann and the other girl who were sleeping, woke up suddenly and were going to the generator area with silk nightgowns.
“Before then, there were handbills for evangelism that were printed, because there some errors over the date, they could not be used and so were packed waiting to the be burnt that night. So, the other girl went to set the handbills on fire, while Ann rushed to the generator house and carried a small keg of fuel and was about refilling the generator that had just gone off.

“Like the effect of pouring water into a radiator of a vehi­cle that has been moving for hours, the fuel spilled all over her and as she was running out, the fire from the heap of the handbills ignited her gown already drenched with petrol. It was her shout that attracted Rev King from the main build­ing. He ordered that palm oil should be brought which was poured on her.

“Ko­ssy, who was dis­pensing fuel into small kegs, was the first to rush towards Ann for rescue but fire burnt part of his feet. Our GO drove her im­mediately to First City Hospital, Ajao Esate and deposited money for immediate treatment.”
According to him, the enemies of CPA were led by one man, who had fallen out with his wife, because he was an al­leged cultist and his wife didn’t want to follow his evil ways, but decided stick to the church that had delivered her from bondage.

Chidozie said, from that time the man left the church, he started hatching evil plot against Rev King and the church.
“He secretly started recruiting some members in the church and promised to give them N2 million each as well as send them to South Africa.
Long before the incident, one Sunday, in the course of his message, GO said, there were some people plotting evil against him and advised them not to waste their time because there is no movement they would make that he would not know.

“He asked, “Who is Ann Uzo?” Ann stood up, he laughed and said, ‘are you the one they were going to use to accom­plish the evil plot against me?’
Rev King, he said, is beyond human that is what people failed to understand.
“They were doing secret meetings against him and when this fire incident happened, they called this man that had problem with the wife and the man told them to say that it was Rev King that set them ablaze.

“The story was that he set seven people ablaze. Look at the scenario. He drenched seven able-bodied men and women with pet­rol in a compound and they were waiting for him as he climbed to his room to pick matches to light them and they didn’t run? He struck the first, which didn’t light and they were still lying down, and waiting to be roasted. They didn’t run. Even the person that was lighting them will he be saved from the fire? Do you believe that? That was what the press made the people to believe. A lot of evil things were done against GO.
“ When this incident happened, Ann asked one Otigba, who was a member of the church to come to the hospital bed and record what she was going to say before a policeman and a doctor at the hospital. Otigba took that tape to CPA office. At that time, many people were involved in this conspiracy and nobody knew where Otigba belonged and they didn’t want to listen to him. They got that tape and destroyed it.

“In that interview, Ann confessed that Rev King was not involved in what happened to her and was not even around; that he was the one that came to rescue her. Unfortunately that tape was destroyed by a member who was doubtful of Otigba’s loyalty. That tape could have saved the situation but we took it that it was like Jesus that passed through great tribulation to emerge more glori­ous. This thing that happened is for a purpose so that the whole world will hear about Rev King.
“What caused the prob­lem was that most peo­ple don’t know who Rev King is. When Jesus came and said He was the Messiah, people started hat­ing Him as they are doing to Rev King. They were look­ing for ways to nail them, and in a way to please the peo­ple, Pilate sentenced Him. Go to the Bi­ble, in the book of John 10: 30 – 33.

“Nostradamus mentioned Rev King in his prophesies, and according to Ian Wilson in the Biography of Nostradamus in Century 10, pages 72 to 74 (Century is like a chapter), it reads the year 1999, seven months, from sky will come a great king to bring back to life to the great Mongols… to reign by goodluck.
“Then in the analysis, the Nostradamus scholars said, from the sky will come a great appeaser king, and the year is 1999. He gave the prophesies about 500 years ago. We, the CPA members know that extraordinary thing happened in 1999 and exactly the seventh month was when the ministry of Rev King came into existence; CPA as a church was born in July 1999. We now match it with what the book says about the great King and ap­peaser King.

“That great King will judge the past and the present. Rev King has said he would judge the world. Luke 17: 23, says, how we know… so shall the son of man be even as it is written in Matthew that the coming of son of man shall be like somebody coming from the East to the West. This Rev King biologi­cally is from the East and came to the West, where the headquarters of CPA, the kingdom of God is. The next verse of that Luke 10: 23 says , first he shall suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. For the past nine years, he has suffered grand conspiracy. “Right in the prison, he controls spiritually everything that goes on in the universe. Even though he is not physically present with us, the church is doing very well. We just ended our Agape Feast. There was no road around Ajao. Our members from different parts of the world came down; it was a great celebra­tion.

He continues to send messages to all the branches. He is there and seeing everything. The church has not for one day prayed for him. How can you pray for God? The only thing we do is thank God for his life. Nobody has prayed for him. On the February 26, Su­preme Court judgment, Chidozie King said God knows what to do and no human being will take the glory, it is God.
Also, Emeka Dimaka King told reporter that Rev King is the Christ that has come for the second time. According to him, the church is not disturbed over the ordeal of their leader as he would come out glorious.

In the same vein, Ebere King said it was the media that condemned Rev King before the public. He is very hopeful that their leader will emerge triumphantly on February 26 next year. According to him, there were many loopholes in the judgments of both the lower and the appellant courts that would make the apex court to quash their judgment.

His ordeal began on July 26, 2006 at his residence in Ajao Estate, Lagos, when he was alleged to have set some members of his church ablaze and one of them, Ann Uzo later died in a Lagos hospital.
He was arraigned on September 26, 2006 on a six-count charge of attempted murder and murder by pouring petrol on a member of his church and five other persons and later set them on fire.
The presiding judge, Joseph Oyewole had, on January 11, 2007, passed a death sentence on him for alleged murder of a church mem­ber, Ann Uzoh, as well as the attempted mur­der of five other members of his church.

The embattled pastor, who has been in pris­on custody since then, had appealed against the death sentence, citing inconsistencies in the evidence of the prosecution’s witness.
On February 2013, Court of Appeal, sitting in Lagos, ruled that Rev King, must die by hanging.
At the sitting of the appellate court, Jus­tice Fatima Akinbami, who read a unanimous judgment of the court, dismissed Ezeugo’s appeal, stating that the prosecution had “sure­ly and effectively” proved its case against the embattled cleric at the trial court. The appeal panel dismissed the appellant’s contention that there were “contradictions and inconsist­encies” in the prosecution’s evidence.

The judge ruled: “This appeal fails and is hereby resolved against the appellant. This appeal is devoid of merit and it is hereby dis­missed. “The conviction and sentence passed on the appellant on January 7, 2011 by Justice Joseph Oyewole of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja Division is hereby affirmed”.
So, as the clock ticks for him and his fate hangs in the balance depending on the side the pendulum of judgment swings. If it swings in the right direction for him, he shouts eureka! If otherwise, he would be a guest to the hang­man as he goes to the gallows.
Source:The Sun