Police withdraw case against Rev. Owusu Bempah
The pastor, together with Michael Boateng, Frederick Ohene, and Nathaniel Agyekum, were charged with offensive conduct to the breaches of peace.
The Police have withdrawn the charges against Rev Owusu Bempah, founder of the Glorious Word Power Ministries, and three others, accused of assaulting police officers and offensive conduct.
On Wednesday in court, Inspector Jonas Lawer who held brief for Prosecutors in the case informed the Accra Circuit Court that the Police were officially withdrawing the case, however not giving any reasons.
The Court presided over by Mrs Rosemary Baah Tosu, therefore, struck out the case and discharged the accused persons.
Background
Rev. Bempah was arrested in 2021 after a video of him and his church members threatening to kill fetish priest turned Evangelist; Patricia Oduro Koranteng popularly called Nana Agradaa, went viral.
He and his accomplices were also said to have assaulted police officers who were deployed to invite the pastor to assist police investigations on the said allegations.
The pastor, together with Michael Boateng, Frederick Ohene, and Nathaniel Agyekum, were charged with offensive conduct to the breaches of peace. They have were also charged with the threat of death and assault on public officers.
On September 20, 2021, an Accra High Court granted them GH¢200,000 bail with two sureties.
