Police to test ‘Holy water’ and handkerchiefs confiscated from Pastor Ezekiel’s church at gov’t chemist
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Pastor Ezekiel’s lawyers claim police are set to holy water’ and handkerchiefs confiscated from his church at gov't chemist
Pastor Ezekiel’s lawyers claim police are set to holy water’ and handkerchiefs confiscated from his church at gov’t chemist.
Holy water and white handkerchiefs seized by the Anti-terror Police Unit (ATPU) from the Mavueni-based church of embattled Pastor Ezekiel Odero are set to undergo testing at the government chemist.
Ezekiel now asserts through his lawyers Danstan Omari, Jared Magolo, Shadrack Wambui, and Cliff Ombeta that the bottled water and handkerchiefs will go through chemical testing in the government laboratory to determine the contents.
“We are shocked. We have been informed that the water will be tested by the government chemist. We do not know what divine water which has been prayed for will be tested for. l wonder what they will discover. The prayers?” Omari posed.
He claimed that the holy water which was being sold at Ezekiel’s church was water which had been sealed and prayed for by the Pastor.
“This is water from companies like Dasani which is bought and prayed for. It has not been contaminated with anything,” he stated.
The water and handkerchiefs are among the things detectives seized from the New Life Prayer Centre and Church during a raid last week on Saturday.
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Ezekiel’s defence team informed High Court Judge Olga Sewe, that the detectives raided his church armed with a search warrant.
The advocates told the court that the search warrant was obtained from a magistrate court in Mombasa.
He stated that the raid was carried out after the Registrar of Societies issued a notice to deregister the church, citing an alleged failure to file tax returns.
“The man of God has already instructed us to file petitions to challenge the notice issued by the society to deregister his church. We have instructions from the pastor to deal with the Registrar of Societies in a different forum,” said Omari.
“The question on bank accounts has already been sorted by a magistrate court in Nairobi. All the accounts belonging to the church and school were opened and the institutions are now running without any hindrance,” stated Omari.
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