Today 17th October 2022, Rev. Dr. Patricia Asiedua reappeared in court for the third time following her arrest over allegedly defrauding some members of her Church.
Nana Agradaa as she is popularly known appeared today without makeup, and down-spirited – different from her usual lively and seemingly unperturbed appearance during her past two court appearances since the case began. Though she sang in court today as well, her voice was sorrowful compared to her earlier appearances.
Justice Samuel Acquah of Circuit Court 9 granted her bail today on grounds that she was sent to Circuit Court 10 on Friday 14th October 2022 on different charges and was remanded to reappear on 24th October 2022. Based on that, Justice Acquah explained to the prosecution that granting Agradaa bail on the first case of defrauding by false pretense will not affect anything since Agradaa will still have to remain in police custody based on her remand by Court 10 on the 14th October 2022 case.
The police prosecution prayed the court not to grant Agradaa bail. Their reason was that she was interfering with their investigations. They also told the court that Agradaa’s TV station (Today TV) has refused to give them original copies of videos of the scamming incident they requested. The police however failed to provide any evidence of how Agradaa was interfering in their investigation. As such, Justice Acquah granted Agradaa bail to the tune of GHC50,000 with three sureties or guarantors who must be public servants with a monthly salary of not less than GHC20, 000.
Nana Agradaa was represented by a different lawyer in court today, Lawyer Paul Asibi who was led by lead counsel Lawyer George Asamani. During his argument in court to secure bail for his client, Lawyer Paul Asibi explained that per the laws of Ghana both the person who claims they can double your money and the person who sends their money for it to be doubled contravenes the law.
Thus, he submitted that at the right time he will prove that the supposed victims of the alleged fraud also violated the law and must be arrested and brought before the court. Lawyer Paul Asibi further added that when the time is right he will pray the court to order the police to arrest all the complainants in the case.
Lawyer Asibi further told the court that the entire money involved in the alleged scamming case was only a little above GHC2, 000. He, therefore, explained that his client has family and friends who miss her and need her and there was no way she will run away when granted bail. It was based on this argument that Justice Acquah granted Agradaa bail.
Agradaa is to reappear in November for Circuit Court 9 case, after she appears on 24th October 2022 for the Circuit Court 10 case.
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