New Twist; Bodies Exhumed From Shakahola Belong To Pastor Ezekiel

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Bodies Exhumed From Shakahola Belong To Pastor Ezekiel. Detectives investigating Pastor Ezekiel Odero’s cultic operations said that some of the people who died in his New Life Prayer Centre and Church were buried in a piece of land in Shakahola, belonging to Kilifi self-postured religious leader Paul Mackenzie.

The police have asked the court to give them 30 more days in order to complete investigations into the case. The detectives told the prosecutors of the court that they have credible evidence that some people who died at Odero’s church were buried in a piece of land on Shakahola farm.

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He is linked to several occurrence book reports of almost 100 deaths that occurred in the church between 2022 and 2023. These deaths occurred within church precincts.”
Senior Prosecution Counsel Jami Yamina told the court.

Detectives also said that they have traced Sh. 3 million in the financial transaction between Ezekiel Odero and Paul Mackenzie for the purchase of a T.V. station. Ezekiel Odero admitted to purchasing the T.V. station from Mackenzie but said the business transactions should not be linked to Shakahola’s deaths.

The buying of the tv station cannot be connected to the Shakahola killings. If such an analogue were to be sustained, then all of us who have bought second hand cars would be held responsible for the crimes committed by previous owners, including the fights with their spouses.”
Odero’s lawyer said.

More than 100 bodies exhumed so far

Ezekiel Odero who was arrested in the coastal town of Malindi on April 27, 2023, spent the night at the Shanzu police station and was represented by his lawyer Jared Magolo.

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The lawyer commented on the deaths being claimed to have been taking place at Mavueni, saying that the believers sought spiritual interventions after medical attention failed to heal them and that their deaths should not be linked with the pastors.

People seek spiritual intervention at the last moment, when every medical intervention has failed. Now if such a person dies are we supposed to turn to the pastor and blame him for the death?”
Odero’s lawyer said.