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Ezekiel set free after DPP drops charges on Shakahola massacre

Ezekiel Odero of the New Life Prayer Centre and Church at Shanzu Law Courts in Mombasa. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

Ezekiel Odero of the New Life Prayer Centre and Church, Kilifi, is a free man after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Tuesday said they had no evidence linking him to the Shakahola massacre.

In a letter filed in court, Peter Kiprop, Coast Regional Coordinator, Office of the DPP, also directed Mombasa Criminal Investigations Officer to close the file on Odero and his church.

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