Pastor Ezekiel sues State for closing down the church and TV station
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Pastor Ezekiel Odero of New Life and Prayer Centre moves to court to sue the State over the closure of his church and TV station
Pastor Ezekiel Odero of New Life and Prayer Centre moves to court to sue the State over the closure of his church and TV station.
Pastor Ezekiel Odero of New Life and Prayer Centre has sued the State for closing down his church in Mavueni and his World Evangelism TV station.
The pastor has also moved to a Mombasa High Court seeking conservatory orders against the State for further interfering with his church, pending the outcome of the petition.
According to court documents, Pastor Ezekiel who is being investigated for the Shakahola Massacre claims that the decision to close down his TV station and the church was made illegally and in violation of Article 47 of the Constitution as read in conjunction with Section 4 of the Fair Administrative Actions Act 2015.
In the petition, which names the Attorney General, the Inspector General of Police, and five others as respondents, Ezekiel claims that his church and TV station were shut down before he was charged in court.
According to the preacher, the decisions to close the church and the TV station were based on emotion rather than facts.
“The above twin pronouncements by the state were made without any notice and factual basis and reactionary whose impact has resulted to halting access to worship by members and congregants of New Life Prayer center who continue to act on the public pronouncement to avoid and refrain from the church premises for daily prayers and spiritual nourishment,” Pastor Ezekiel says in the petition.
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Pastor Odero now wants the Court to stop the government from excess and unilateral decisions that affect his church and followers.
He wants his church and TV Station to resume operations.
Odero’s seven-member legal team led by Danstan Omari and Cliff Ombeta said the State is trying to use unconstitutional schemes to ‘bring down the pastor’.
He claims that the Shakahola forest where at least 109 cult members’ bodies have been exhumed so far, is about 200 kilometres away from his Mavueni church.
He also claims that the allegations levelled against him lack any factual justification because the conclusions are based on future events and investigations that have yet to be initiated or conducted.
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