Controversial Pastor Ezekiel hires Danstan Omari and Cliff Ombeta ahead of trial
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Danstan Omari and Cliff Ombeta to represent Pastor Ezekiel who is facing criminal charges related to the mass killing of his followers
Danstan Omari and Cliff Ombeta to represent Pastor Ezekiel who is facing criminal charges related to the mass killing of his followers.
New Life Prayer Centre and Church leader, Pastor Ezekiel Odero, who is facing criminal charges related to mass killing, has hired the services of seasoned Nairobi lawyers; Danstan Omari and Cliff Ombeta.
Pastor Odero made the announcement on Friday following his arrest yesterday over his links to cult leader Paul Mackenzie of Good News International Church.
In a press to the media, Mr. Omari said he will be representing the pastor who has already been grilled by detectives over the deaths of his followers.
“I will be representing Pastor Ezekiel in court and all we are interested in is justice,” said Mr Omari who will work on the case alongside Pastor Odero’s other lawyer Mr Jared Magolo.
After visiting Pastor Ezekiel at Port Police Station, the two lawyers claimed that the State had no evidence linking the clergy with the Shakahola massacre, where over 100 bodies were exhumed.
“Only 15 People have died in the Church since it started more than a year ago. Our client is not linked to the deaths of persons in Shakahola,” Ombeta told journalists.
Detectives are seeking to establish why members of Pastor Odero’s New Life International Church in Kilifi County have been dying in their numbers.
In his statement, Pastor Odero is reported to have told detectives that people who have ever died in his church were taken there while critically ill.
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A detective privy to the ongoing investigations said the clergyman was also questioned on why he did not report the deaths to the police before taking the bodies to the mortuary.
The pastor said he did not know that was the procedure.
On Tuesday, Pastor Odero was summoned by police officers in Kilifi where he was grilled for hours over claims that he was also involved in occultism.
He denied the claims before Kilifi detectives who told him they would summon him again when needed.
Pastor Ezekiel Odero was grilled after detectives questioned the management of Milele Funeral Home in Mavueni which is situated near the church linked to the man of God.
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