The Founder and Leader of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International, Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, has been granted bail by an Accra High Court.
He was granted bail in the sum of GH¢200,000 with two sureties on Wednesday, September 15, 2021, after his lawyer Gary Nimako moved a bail application which was granted by the High Court judge Justice Comfort Tasiame.
This comes two days after his first appearance at the Accra Circuit Court. He was remanded by the Circuit Court but unfortunately took ill, leading to him being treated at the Police hospital.
The ‘prophetic’ church leader has been charged with threat of life — threatening to kill Patricia Oduro Koranteng, popularly known as Nana Agradaa, as well as offensive conduct to the breach of peace.
In all, Rev Owusu Bempah and the others Mensah Ofori, Michael Boateng, Frederick Ohene and Nathaniel Agyekum are facing six counts, charges they have pleaded not guilty to.
One person is still at large.
While Owusu Bempah and Mensah Ofori were charged with two counts of offensive conduct and threat of life, the remaining three were charged with assault on a public officer.
Meanwhile, the case at the Circuit Court has been scheduled for September 20, 2021.
Why the church leader and his entourage are in court?
A police team stormed the church on Sunday, September 12, to arrest the suspects in connection to multiple videos containing threats and brandishing of weapons.
The church members are said to have allegedly assaulted some of the police personnel under the direction of Rev Owusu Bempah.
In a statement, the Director-General of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, ACP Kwesi Ofori, said the injured cops had received medical attention and responded to treatment.
The police assured that “impartial investigations shall continue in this matter and the public will be duly updated”.
Several videos have been circulating on social media in which junior church pastors brandished weapons amidst threats to attack Nana Agradaa, a fetish priestess who claims to be born again.
In one of the videos, two persons were seen issuing threats against Nana Agradaa and dared her to reveal her location for a clash.
The other waved a foreign-made pistol as he indicated that they were ready to face Nana Agradaa’s men.
In another video, the man who flashed the pistol claimed he had a licence for the weapon and could use it at will.
He vowed to “finish” anyone who would cross his path.
In the Twi language, he claimed laws do not work in Ghana, for which reason one could commit murder and escape punishment.
“In Ghana, you can kill someone and walk freely. It was my property I brandished, and no one can do anything about it.”
Prior to that, Rev Owusu Bempah and some men had besieged the Kokrobite residence of Nana Agradaa. They threatened to beat her up for raining insults on the head pastor of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International.
Nana Agradaa stayed indoors for hours, and Rev Owusu Bempah was heard saying that Nana Agradaa had failed to show up.
After some minutes, Nana Agradaa appeared on top of her storey building and recorded a live video on social media about Rev Owusu Bempah’s presence and armed thugs at the premises of her residence.
A team of law enforcement officers were dispatched to the scene to ensure calm.
Rev Owusu Bempah was later heard in a video saying the “battle had started” and threatened to deal with Nana Agradaa.
He explained that his junior pastors had responded to Nana Agradaa’s insults several times, but he was “ready” to face her personally.
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