Pastor Ezekiel Odero of the New Life Prayer Centre and Church can now make withdrawals from his bank accounts following the expiration of the 15-day period during which the court had the funds blocked.
Due to his involvement in the Shakahola massacre, where his accomplice, pastor Paul Makenzie of Good News International Church, is suspected of killing his followers and dumping their bodies at Shakahola woodland, the court froze 15 of Ezekiel’s bank accounts two weeks ago.
On Monday, the investigating officer appeared in court and stated that all banks had complied with the order and that he had no problem with the pastor using his church accounts.
Inspector Martin Munene informed the court during cross-examination by Attorney Danstan Omari that none of the accounts were in the pastor’s name based on the paperwork they had received.
Every account, according to him, was either for the church or the school.
Safaricom, on the other hand, has not cooperated with the court order as of today, according to the officer, who demanded that they be called for failing to produce data pertaining to the SIM cards in question.
To determine whether Safaricom complies with the court order, the subject will be discussed on Tuesday of the following week.
Pastor Ezekiel, their client, was present in his Mavueni church, where top security officers and attorney Cliff Ombeta were inspecting the building to look for problems, according to Omari, who also notified the court of this.
