He's as 'white as snow', pastor Ezekiel's lawyer says amid grilling

Says he doesn't know whether Mackenzie is related to Ezekiel.

In Summary
  • This comes after pastor Ezekiel of New Life Prayer Centre and Church was arrested on Thursday morning.
  • He was arrested over the alleged indoctrination of the public.
Pastor Ezekiel Odero being led to Coast Regional Police Headquarters after his arrest on Thursday morning.
Pastor Ezekiel Odero being led to Coast Regional Police Headquarters after his arrest on Thursday morning.
Image: CHARLES MGHENYI

Televangelist Ezekiel Odour's lawyer Jared Magolo has said police will find nothing on the pastor.

Speaking on Thursday, the lawyer said he doesn't know whether Pastor Paul Mackenzie of Good News International Church is related to Ezekiel.

 
 
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"We have talked with the officers and they are investigating. They will let us know what is going on," he said.

He said the pastor will be released by police once they are done grilling him.

When the lawyer was asked whether he knows the whereabouts of pastor Ezekiel's wife, he said he doesn't know he had a wife.

This comes after pastor Ezekiel of New Life Prayer Centre and Church was arrested on Thursday morning.

He was arrested over the alleged indoctrination of the public.

The pastor, on Wednesday, was grilled for hours over claims his church is involved in occultism.

Coast Regional Commissioner Rhodah Onyancha said there were allegations of deaths reported on his premises.

Police said the move to summon him on Wednesday was prompted by the ongoing exhumation of bodies from a farm in Shakahola Forest.

The farm is linked to pastor Paul Mackenzie of Good News International Church.

Mackenzie is suspected of indoctrinating followers of his church into fasting to death with the belief of ascending to heaven to meet Jesus Christ.

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