Via kbc.co.ke | Photo Courtesy: Kelxfy
Televangelist Ezekiel Odero is now a free man after a ruling by a Shanzu Law Court, on Friday evening, set him free.
Senior Principal Magistrate Joe Omido released the televangelist after paying a Ksh 3 million bond and a surety of the same amount or a cash bail of Ksh 1.5 million.
The televangelist had been detained for seven days at the Port Police Station facing charges of indoctrination of the public, aiding murder, radicalization, and genocide among other crimes.
It was a battle of wits at the Shanzu Law Courts as the respondent lawyers took to task the prosecution team in their application to link their client to the murders in Shakahola.
The heated arguments lasted the better part of the morning forcing the Magistrate to call for recess and render his ruling later in afternoon.
Outside the court premises the televangelist supporters praised and worshipped as they prayed for his release.
At around 4pm, the Senior Resident Magistrate Joe Omido read his ruling.
Omido went further to poke holes in the request application to link the televangelist to the murders at Shakahola.
It is against this backdrop that the Magistrate ruled on the release of the televangelist on a Ksh 3 million bond with a surety of the same amount or pay a cash bail of Ksh 1.5 million.
After that ruling, outside the Law Courts, Pastor Ezekiel’s his jubilant supporters sang and danced praising the courts for the release of the televangelist.