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Empress Gifty slaps Agradaa with GH₵20 million defamation lawsuit
Ghanaian gospel musician, Empress Gify has slapped Evangelist Patricia Asiedu affectionately called Nana Agradaa with GH₵20 million defamatoon.The writ of summons intercepted by spectator.com.gh , Empress Gifty is demanding GH₵20 million from the self-styled Evangelist.
The writ by the Plaintiff Empress Gifty reveals that on 13th May 2025 the Defendant (Nana Agradaa) who seems to have a disagreement with the Plaintiff’s husband (Hopeson Adorye) took to her social media handles (Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube) and in a live broadcast and attacked the Plaintiff’s husband.
She further spoke the following words defamatory of the Plaintiff in Twi language with its respective English translation stated below:
Twi: “wo tuutuuni yere no mpo wo bu no, wo yere odwamanfoo no mpo wo bu no, nkraman ne wo yere da tafri wo yere twe mu di sika bre wo.”
English: “You even respect your promiscuous wife, you respect even that wife of yours who is a prostitute, your wife flirts with dogs, dogs lick your wife’s vagina, that is how she makes money to cater for you.”
Twi: “osofoo biara a, obeto nsa afro wo yere ako alter, ne no da wo Office ha ansa na w’aba abeto dwom wo asenka agua so.”
English: “pastors who invite your Twi: “Woyere no, oyefo sene obiara, adwaman nti Asofoo ne no de da. wo agyae no, rebetaetae me.”
English: “You left your cheap prostitute wife that have sexual intercourse with pastors, to attack me.”
Twi: “Wo nkwaseasem no a, wode lea wo yere kwasea no so no, Me nnye toy te se wo yere no, me nnyi me hwene te se wo yere, Wo yere no a, ne twe adane asofoo no bi chop bar bowl.” to sing have sexual intercourse with her in their offices before she mounts the pulpit to sing.
Twi: “Woyere no, oyefo sene obiara, adwaman nti Asofoo ne no de da. wo agyae no, rebetaetae me.”
English: “You left your cheap prostitute wife that have sexual intercourse with pastors, to attack me.”
Twi: “Wo nkwaseasem no a, wode lea wo yere kwasea no so no, Me nnye toy te se wo yere no, me nnyi me hwene te se wo yere, Wo yere no a, ne twe adane asofoo no bi chop bar bowl.”
English: “I’m not a toy like your wife, I have not repositioned my nose like your wife, do not extend the foolish things you do to her to me Your wife’s vagina has become a common eating bowl for some pastors.”
Additionally, the writ further indicates that “in their natural and ordinary meaning the words complained of in paragraph 9 were understood to mean that:
a) The Plaintiff is promiscuous and a prostitute.
b) The Plaintiff is a zoophile, who flirts with dogs to earn her money to cater for her husband.
c) The Plaintiff is an adulterous or an unchaste wife who has extra marital affairs, with other men and that most of her paramours are pastors.
d) Pastors who invite the Plaintiff to their programs have sexual inter course with her in their offices before Plaintiff mounts the pulpit to sing.
e) The Plaintiff is an imbecile.
Empress Gifty (the Plaintiff) also avers that the live broadcast made by the Defendant afforded other social media bloggers the opportunity to take the feed to their followers contemporaneously.”
The reigning Traditional Gospel Song of the year winner, Empress Gifty says the defamatory words spoken and published by the Nana Agradaa of her, is on the internet worldwide, and being widely circulated on various news portals and social media platforms in which the Plaintiff continue to be on the receiving end of severe and disdainful backlash.
She further indicates that the widespread effect of the Defendant’s words on the Plaintiff is that she has become the subject of discussion on media outlets locally and internationally and has affected her children who are taunted and ridiculed by their mates in school.
The lawyers say as a result of Nana Agradaa’s actions, the credit and reputation of Empress Gifty, both personal and public have seriously been damaged and have brought same into public ridicule, scandal, odium and contempt.
They also highlight that the Plaintiff who is a brand ambassador to numerous companies as indicated has suffered collateral damage.
Consequently, Empress’s lawyers aver that her international programme slated for August 2025 has been affected due to the words uttered by Nana Agradaa about her.
As a result of this, Empress Gifty is claiming against the defendant the sum of Twenty Million Ghana Cedis (GHS20,000,000.00) for damages for slander and libel of Plaintiff by the Defendant.
She is also requesting for an order of perpetual injunction to restrain the Defendant, her servants, agents, privies, assigns howsoever from publication of such words or any of them or similar words to that effect.
The Empress Gifty also wants an order for the Defendant to pull down all the videos, audios in which she spoke the words defamatory of the Plaintiff from all her social media handles.
A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour by the Bekwai Circuit Court for his role in a 2022 robbery at a mining site at Manso Akwasiso in the Ashanti South Region.
The convict, Dominic Ofori, also known as Fanta, was arrested on 16th February 2026 after years on the run. He pleaded guilty before the Bekwai Circuit Court to robbery contrary to Section 149 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 Act 29, and was accordingly sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour.
On March 20, 2022, the Manso Adubia District Police received intelligence that a group of armed men from Manso Abodom were planning to attack a mining site at Manso Akwasiso to rob the owner of gold concentrate. Acting on the information, police mounted a coordinated operation and laid an ambush at the site.
At about 5:30 pm the same day, four-armed men arrived at the site, fired indiscriminately, and robbed the miners of their gold concentrate. The police team on surveillance intervened, resulting in an exchange of gunfire.
Three of the suspects, Abu Abubakar, Musah Latif, and Gideon Takyi, sustained gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead on arrival at St Martins Catholic Hospital at Agroyesum. Dominic Ofori escaped at the time but was later arrested and put before the court.
The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has assured the public of its continued commitment to combating violent crimes and bringing offenders to justice.
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested 45-year-old Isaac Boafo, also known as “Duabo King,” for allegedly publishing false news intended to cause fear and panic.
Police said the arrest follows a viral TikTok video in which Boafo claimed that four officers at the Central Police Station in Kumasi engaged in inappropriate conduct with commercial sex workers during night patrols in Asafo.
Officers from the Police Intelligence Directorate (Ashanti Region) apprehended Boafo after receiving intelligence about the video.
During questioning, he admitted to creating the video to attract views and engagement online, and acknowledged that he could not prove the allegations.
Boafo also admitted making comments about the President of the Republic for content purposes and could not defend those statements.
He has been formally charged and is in detention as investigations continue.
The Ashanti Regional Police have warned the public against publishing or sharing false information on social media, noting that such acts can cause fear, panic, and damage reputations.
They said anyone found engaging in similar conduct will face legal action.
By: Jacob Aggrey
