Ezekiel Odero arrested and more than 100 people evacuated from church, days after discovery of bodies linked to another church
First published on Thu 27 Apr 2023 14.05 BST
“The said church has been shut down. The over 103 people who were holed up at the premises have been evacuated and will be required to record statements,” he added., a cult leader accused of the deaths of more than 100 followers in a forest near the coastal town of Malindi. A wealthy televangelist who has amassed a huge following – one of his churches south of Malindi can seat 40,000 people and his YouTube channel has half a million subscribers – Odero has described himself as “God’s chosen one”.
The government had promised a crackdown on fringe religious groups after dozens of bodies were unearthed during a raid on a forested property near Malindi belonging to Nthenge. Another five bodies were exhumed on Thursday, taking to 103 the total number of dead linked to the cult, a police source said.President William Ruto likened the cult leader to a terrorist and vowed the harshest possible punishment for him and anyone else extolling “weird, unacceptable ideology” in the east African country.
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