Evangelist Patricia Asieduaa, popularly known as Nana Agradaa, has been slapped with a fine of GHS12,000 for displaying nude photos of fellow pastor Emmanuel Appiah Fumum, also known as Osofo Biblical.

She has been further ordered to pay GHS50,000 as compensation to the complainant. Agradaa’s conviction resulted from a plea bargain agreement with the State, concluding a legal battle that had dragged on for nearly three years.

The case stems from claims that Nana Agradaa, a former fetish priestess turned evangelist, aired nude images of Pastor Emmanuel Appiah Fumum (widely known as Osofo Biblical) on her television channel and social media pages without his permission.

Prosecutors say the images were broadcast during a live programme where panelists mocked the complainant—conduct they argue violates the Cybersecurity Act, 2020 (Act 1038), which prohibits the sharing of intimate images without consent.

Nana Agradaa, who is already serving a 15-year prison sentence in a separate defrauding-by-false-pretence case, was present in court.

Her lawyers raised concerns about recent media interviews granted by the complainant, in which he allegedly claimed their client had been in poor condition since her imprisonment.

The presiding judge, however, advised the prosecution to caution the complainant against making such public statements.

In 2022, Agradaa was accused of luring victims with claims that she possessed spiritual powers to double their money. Initially admitting guilt to charges including fraudulent advertising and obtaining money under false pretences, she spent two weeks on remand before being granted bail of GH₵150,000 with three sureties, one to be justified.

She is said to have tricked members of the Godsway International Heaven Church into handing over their cash during a night vigil service at her church in Weija, Accra.

Meanwhile, Ghanaian gospel musician Gifty Oppong Adorye, known in showbiz as Empress Gifty, dragged Evangelist Mama Pat to court for defaming her.

In a video targeting Empress Gifty’s husband, Hopeson Adorye, Agradaa extended her attacks to the singer, accusing her of engaging in bestiality and unfaithful activities. According to Gifty, other bloggers leveraged Agradaa’s statements to spread false narratives about her.

This, she said, has affected her family, as their children are being ridiculed by friends at school. In addition to the emotional impact, lawyers for Empress Gifty say her trip abroad scheduled for August has been jeopardised.

The words used by Agradaa are interpreted to mean the following:a) The plaintiff is promiscuous and a prostitute.b) The plaintiff is a zoophile who flirts with dogs to earn money to cater for her husband.c) The plaintiff is an adulterous or unchaste wife who engages in extramarital affairs, most of them with pastors.d) Pastors who invite the plaintiff to their programmes have sexual intercourse with her in their offices before she mounts the pulpit to sing.e) The plaintiff is an imbecile.

Consequently, Empress Gifty is claiming twenty million Ghana cedis in damages for slander. She is also seeking a perpetual injunction to restrain the defendant, her associates, agents, or anyone acting on her behalf from making further publications of the same or similar defamatory statements.

Lawyers for the former chief priestess turned evangelist, Patricia Asieduaa Asiamah (Nana Agradaa), have also filed an appeal challenging the 15-year jail sentence handed down by the Circuit Court.

This was disclosed by lead counsel Richard Asare Baffour on Monday, July 7.

He stated:“We filed the petition of appeal this morning because the judgment delivered by the court is so unreasonable, and the evidence on record does not support it.

“We have also stated that the trial as a whole is wrong in law, and we are saying that the judge demonstrated manifest bias by harassing and intimidating the accused.”

Nana Agradaa is currently serving a 15-year prison sentence for charlatanic advertisement and defrauding by false pretence. The Circuit Court in Accra delivered the sentence after confirming that she was not pregnant.