Emeka King follower dies in fracas with Area boys

For the second time in less than a week, the followers of Rev. King and the Area boys clashed in Lagos leading to the death of one of King’s supporters and injuries to some others. The pandemonium which started at the early hour of yesterday shortly before Rev. King was arraigned in the court paralysed business activities at Costain and Ebute-Metta.

It was gathered that Rev. King’s followers drew the ire of the area boys as they were in convoy to Ebute-Metta, the location of the court where Rev. King was arraigned, to protest the arrest of their leader. An eyewitness told the Nigerian Tribune that the Area boys in Costain area of Lagos accused King’s followers of supporting evil against the people of Lagos.

They were said to have then engaged King’s followers in a brawl. King’s supporters were alleged to have retaliated with different weapons. Others who were able to escape, continued their journey to the court. But the Area boys pursued their vehicles to make sure that none of them escaped. This led to another brawl with the followers of Rev. King.

It was later that the men of Nigeria Police were drafted to the scene to restore order. Meanwhile, an Ebute-Metta Magistrates’ Court presided over by Teslim Elias has ordered that the embattled pastor of the Christ Praying Assembly, Emeka Kingsley Ezeugo, a.k.a. Rev. King and two others standing trial for murder be remanded in prison custody pending advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

The court’s directive came on the heels of a clash between the followers of Rev. King and Area boys which led to the death of one person while several others sustained injuries. At the resumed trial of Rev. King on Wednesday, the court addressed some issues which are central to the matter.

These are: whether or not the court has jurisdiction to entertain the case, whether the court has the power to remand somebody who had been previously granted bail and whether the court can hear a matter which had been struck out by another magistrates’ court.

On the third issue, the court ruled that the fact that the case had been struck out by one magistrates’ court did not mean that another court could not entertain it. On the second issue, the court ruled that someone who had been accused of murder could not be allowed to be roaming the street even when he had been previously granted bail on a similar matter.

The magistrate then ordered that the accused should be remanded in prison custody while he adjourned the case to 13 September, 2006.

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