Arrest and prosecute Agradaa - Owusu Bempah's church petitions police

Glorious Word Power Ministries (Glorious Chapel), has called for the arrest and prosecution of Evangelist Patricia Oduro Koranteng alias Nana Agradaa who is accused of spreading fabricated news about the founder and leader of the church Apostle Dr. Isaac Owusu Bempah.

According to the church, on August 23, 2023, their attention was drawn to a circulated video in which Patricia Asiedua allegedly claimed that Apostle Dr. Isaac Owusu Bempah had passed away while in London.

They explained that the video was shared across various social media platforms, including YouTube, and subsequently gained significant traction.

"We act for Glorious Word Power Ministries (Glorious Chapel), a religious body in Ghana with a nationwide and international following. Glorious Chapel is founded and headed by Apostle Dr. Isaac Owusu Bempah. We also act for Madam Afia Pokuaa, the mother of Apostle Dr. Isaac Owusu Bempah.

"Our client's instructions are that on the 23rd of August, 2023 their attention was drawn to a widely circulated false and ill-fated video publication of a certain Patricia Asiedua, who in her figment of imagination and desire to cause fear and panic contrary to law, falsely publicized that our clients’ founder and son respectively, Apostle Dr. Isaac Owusu Bempah had died in London on her various social media platforms

The church said Patricia Asiedua deliberately fabricating and disseminated the false information with the intent to cause fear and panic.

They claim that Nana Agradaa’s actions resulted in unwarranted distress for Apostle Dr. Isaac Owusu Bempah, his mother and the ministry as a whole and as a result, the legal representatives of the church have sent a formal letter to the police, urging them to take action against the repented priestess.

“Her intentions which are clearly deductible from the publication, was to subject Apostle Dr. Isaac Owusu Bempah who is in the United Kingdom for a short visit to public ridicule from his naysayers, psychological trauma, stress, discomfort, scandalize and embarrass our client beyond measure through such criminal enterprise of publishing false news on a global scale.

“The Petitioners have been advised that the video of falsely announcing the death of Apostle Dr. Isaac Owusu Bempah by the said Patricia Asiedua is criminal. Our clients have therefore instructed us to petition your office to cause the arrest, interrogation and possible prosecution of the said Patricia Asiedua for the publication of false news and for causing fear and panic to serve us a deterrent to other abusers of the social media space.”

Read the full petition below:

We act for Glorious Word Power Ministries (Glorious Chapel), a religious body in Ghana with a nationwide and international following. Glorious Chapel is founded and headed by Apostle Dr. Isaac Owusu Bempah. We also act for Madam Afia Pokuaa, the mother of Apostle Dr. Isaac Owusu Bempah.

Our client's instructions are that on the 23rd of August, 2023 their attention was drawn to a widely circulated false and ill-fated video publication of a certain Patricia Asiedua, who in her figment of imagination and desire to cause fear and panic contrary to law, falsely publicized that our clients’ founder and son respectively, Apostle Dr. Isaac Owusu Bempah had died in London on her various social media platforms via youtube link https://youtu.be/u4-RUvauYxc?si=DDO2-dl2R0HVnZws.

This false publication occasioned widespread circulation by other bloggers throughout the country and across the world. Our clients were subjected to numerous unwarranted and mortifying calls from people across the world inquiring the veracity of such publications causing fear and panic among family members, loved ones, church members, family members, and the numerous followers, well-wishers, sympathizers of our clients, and its founder from around the world.

We are instructed to indicate that the said Patricia Asiedua in her grand scheme to cause massive damage to the reputation of Glorious Chapel and its founder resorted to the use of trickery and publication of falsehoods with the intention of causing unnecessary fear or panic to the members of the church, the lovers and sympathizers of the church and its founder and to the general public. She knew at the time of making the publication that the statements she made were without any iota of truth and her conduct is a flagrant violation of the laws of the Republic of Ghana.

Her intentions which are clearly deductible from the publication, was to subject Apostle Dr. Isaac Owusu Bempah who is in the United Kingdom for a short visit to public ridicule from his naysayers, psychological trauma, stress, discomfort, scandalize and embarrass our client beyond measure through such criminal enterprise of publishing false news on a global scale.

The Petitioners have been advised that the video of falsely announcing the death of Apostle Dr. Isaac Owusu Bempah by the said Patricia Asiedua is criminal. Our clients have therefore instructed us to petition your office to cause the arrest, interrogation and possible prosecution of the said Patricia Asiedua for the publication of false news and for causing fear and panic to serve us a deterrent to other abusers of the social media space.

As always, we are grateful for your kind cooperation in these matters.
Yours faithfully,

Oheneba Adusi-Poku, Esq.,
cc
1.Senior Pastor
Glorious Word Power Ministries
Odorkor opposite Crystal Tv.
Accra
2.Madam Afia Pokuaa
Accra

AM/GA

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