Pastor Ezekiel Odero’s attempt to have access to his bank accounts was dealt a major blow after High Court in Mombasa declined to grant the orders.
Mombasa High Court Judge Olga Sewe ruled that the preacher’s bank accounts remain frozen, as per orders issued at Milimani magistrates court in Nairobi on May 8, 2023.
Sewe said her court had no jurisdiction to handle the case.
She also declined an application seeking to open pastor Ezekiel’s World Evangelism TV station, saying the issue should be handled by the Communications Authority, which wrote a letter to have the station shut down.
However, the judge ordered that the church services should go on uninterrupted.
Ezekiel’s bank accounts were frozen for 30 days following an application by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), pending investigations.
DCI said the accounts had been receiving huge transactions of money, suspected to be proceeds of illicit cash from victims who were allegedly radicalised to sell their properties.
They asked the court to allow them access to several bank accounts at Equity Bank, Co-op Bank, KCB and HFC Bank.
