The Supreme Court has maintained capital punishment passed on to the General Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly in Lagos, Rev. Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, otherwise called Reverend King.

The Apex Court likewise abandoned the correctional facility term passed on to him for endeavored homicide of five of his congregation individuals

In his lead judgment, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta who portrayed the certainties of the case "like what you find in a blood and guts film" said Reverend King's allure needs justify.

Reverend King was testing the judgment of a Lagos High Court hanging so as to sentence him to death.

The Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Adeniji Kazeem, who showed up under the steady gaze of the Supreme Court close by Mrs Idowu Alakija, the Director of Public Prosecution and Other Senior Counsel in the state, asked the court to release the advance and maintain the judgment of the lower court.

Reverend King was summoned on September 26, 2006 on a six-number charge of endeavored murder and murder.

He argued not blameworthy to the claims but rather was sentenced to death by the then Justice Joseph Oyewole of Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, on January 11, 2007 for the homicide of one of his congregation individuals, Ann Uzoh.