Popular Pastor Ezekiel Odero arrested.
Popular Pastor Ezekiel Odero arrested; This comes after police probe on his linkage with the controversial preacher, Paul Mackenzie who is currently under custody.
Speaking at a press briefing, Coast Regional Commissioner Onyancha, confirmed the arrest and affirmed that Ezekiel Odero’s church( New life international) was closed.
He stated,”This morning we have arrested Pastor Ezekiel Odero for allegations of the deaths that have been occurring at his premises and reported in various media institutions.”
“We have also taken action and closed the prayer centre. We are urging and giving information to the public that the church has been closed and whatever was in there has been cleared out,” he added.
The commissioner further confirmed that the Pastor Ezekiel was being grilled at the DCI regional headquarters in Mombasa County.
The commissioner also stated that 22 suspects believed to be Mackenzie’s accomplices were also arrested in a wide-ranging operation against rogue preachers linkee to the Shakahola Forest deaths.
A video has been trending online, where Pastor Ezekiel arrived for the probe in his white Lexus LX570 before being escorted by police to the station in Kilifi County.
Earlier, The police has visited Milele Funeral Home in Mavueni, Kilifi County – a morgue near Pastor Ezekiel’s church and questioned the management on allegations of cult operations at the Coast.
The Milele funeral Home Chief executive officer, Johnson Amani Kea, affirmed that police interrogated them over the number of dead bodies the morgue collected from Pastor Ezekiel’s church.
Kea stated,” We did not file a complaint. The police are in the process of recording statements on how many bodies we have handled so far from Pastor Ezekiel’s church.”
“We have given our statements to the police, in respect to that, as required by law. We have not lodged a complaint against Pastor Ezekiel. Police are just doing their investigations, period,” he added.
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