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Police in Kenya have arrested another popular pastor on the Indian Ocean coast as the number of deaths linked to a cult in the area rose to 103.
Ezekiel Odero “is being processed to face criminal charges related to mass killing of his followers”, according to a statement by interior minister Kithure Kindiki.
Odero will be questioned overnight and is expected to appear in court on Friday.
His church has been closed and those who were found inside were ordered out, officials said.
Odero’s megachurch, the New Life Prayer Centre Church, is in Malindi County, where another pastor, Paul Mackenzie is being investigated for directing his followers to fast until death.
Police have been exhuming bodies at a ranch owned by Mackenzie, where he moved in 2019 after closing his church in Malindi. As part of the move, he reportedly sold his TV channel to Odero.
Odero’s channel is popular in Kenyan households, with people travelling from across the country to visit his church.
His YouTube channel has more than 400,000 subscribers and 70 million views.
Odero’s crusades have in the past been attended by senior politicians including the wife of deputy president Rigathi Gachagua.
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