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Nana Agradaa to spend 15 years in prison in hard labour
Founder of the Heaven Way Champion International Ministry at Weija, Patricia Asiedua, also known as Agradaa has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in hard labour by the Accra Circuit Court.
This was after the court presided over by Evelyn Asamoah found her guilty on multiple counts of defrauding by false pretence and charlatanic advertisements in newspapers.
The self-styled evangelist used her church to defraud members of the public under the guise of “money doubling.”
Before passing sentence, the judge ordered that pregnancy test be conducted on her.
Prosecuting, Assistant Superintendent of Police(ASP) Emmanuel Haligah told the court that on October 10, 2022, the complainants reported to the police that Mrs Asiedua demanded and received money from them under the pretext of giving them various sums of monies in return.
He said upon the receipt of the report, police commenced investigations into the matter which led to the arrest of the convict.
ASP Haligah told the court that investigations established that on October 5, 2022, Asiedua advertised on Today’s Tv and other social media platforms that she was organizing an all-night service on October 7, 2022 at Heaven Way Champions International Ministry where she was going to share an amount of GH300.000.00 to all participants who needed money to fund their business or pay rent.
The court heard that the self-styled evangelist displayed the bundles of money during the advert and encouraged members of the public to attend the service for a share of the money.
The prosecutor stated that investigations also established that due to the said false representation made in the adverts on media platforms, complainants and other members of the public came from all walks of life to attend the said all night service.
ASP Haligah said that during the all-night service, Asiedua directed the congregation to form groups of 20 members and each member was to pay an amount of money ranging from GH 1000.00 and any amount.
“She made the representation that if the first group of 20 could each pay GH 1000.00 each, she would give them GH50,000.00 to share,” ASP Haligah added.
He said the convict continued in that fashion and promised the next group to pay GH900.00 each and get a sum of GH40,000.
The prosecutor told the court that some of the complainants found themselves in the group of 19 paid GH500.00 and more.
ASP Haligah said Asiedua represented to them that she would give that group GH25,000.00 to share.
“Based upon this representation, the complainants parted with various sums of money, Accused after obtaining the monies did not fulfil her promise to give them the sums of money in return and rather left them in the church premises stranded,” the policeman said.
The prosecutor said further investigations established that the self-styled evangelist undertook the charlatanic advertisement with intent to defraud unsuspecting complainants.
He said during interrogations, the convict admitted complainants’ assertions were true.
BY MALIK SULLEMANA
Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, has revealed that in the whole of 2024, only GHS 362 million was released to MMDAs in Common Fund.
Contrary to this, In 2025 alone GHS 5 billion was released to the MMDAs with the following breakdown as follows.
The Minister made this revelation when he took his turn at the Government Accountability Series held today.
In breakdown, the minister nonted that 1st Quarter – 790,372,058.40 was released for 2025.
He added that for the 2nd Quarter, 1,464,983,309.60 was released.
3rd Quarter saw the release of 1,188,921,640.80 and
1,592,706,391.20 for 4th Quarter.
The Minister added tha each of the MMDAs were required to undertake the following; at least 2-CHPS compounds, 3 Classroom blocks, 10 Boreholes, and Completion of legacy projects.
Additionally, 25% of the Common Fund was allocated for the Construction of 24-Hour Economy Model Markets.
Ahmed Ibrahim noted that as a result of the timely and unprecedented release of Funds, a total of 494 CHPS compounds, 761 Classroom Blocks, 4,029 Boreholes, and 2,755 Legacy projects are currently at various stages of completion.
Also, he added that 261 24-Hour Economy Model Markets have all been awarded on contracts and construction has begun on many of them.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Christian Tetteh Yohuno, together with members of the Police Management Board (POMAB), on April 17, 2026, decorated nineteen (19) senior officers who have been promoted to their next ranks based on the recommendations of the Police Council and approval of the President, John Dramani Mahama.
The ceremony, held at the National Police Headquarters in Accra, forms part of efforts to recognise merit, dedication, and long-standing service within the Ghana Police Service, while strengthening leadership across key operational and administrative levels.
The officers promoted from Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) to Commissioner of Police (COP) are Dr. Luke Asue-In-Yeng Zakpaa, Mr. Frederick Agyei, Mr. Duuti Tuaruka, Mr. Arthur Osei-Akoto, Mr. Darko Offei Lomotey, Mr. Eric Ken Winful, Mr. Barnabas Nambont Nasumong, and Mr. Desmond Owusu Boampong.
The IGP and members of POMAB congratulated the officers and urged them to uphold the highest standards of professionalism and integrity in the discharge of their duties.
