“All the processes are filed and I think the bail application will be ruled on next week Tuesday.”
Richard Asare Baffour, legal counsel for Patricia Asiedua Asiamah—widely known by her popular moniker, Nana Agradaa—has categorically denied claims that his client had not been transferred to the Nsawam Female Prison following her conviction.
The assertion comes in direct response to statements made by the Director of the Crime Check Foundation, Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng, who had earlier alleged, based on his organisation’s checks, that the convicted evangelist remained untransferred several days after her sentencing.
In an engagement with the media on July 9, 2025, Baffour confirmed that Nana Agradaa is currently in lawful custody at Nsawam Female Prison, further disclosing that he was en route to visit her at the facility. “She is in Nsawam Prison, and as a matter of fact, I will be there in a couple of minutes, so the rumours going around that Agradaa is not at Nsawam are completely false,” he affirmed.
The counsel clarified that the interval between the sentencing and her transfer to the prison was attributable to standard administrative procedures. “She was sentenced on Thursday and there was some documentation that had to be done, so immediately that documentation was completed, she was remitted to Nsawam Prison. As far as I am concerned, she is at Nsawam,” Baffour stated.
He further noted that all requisite legal steps have been taken in her defence, including the filing of a bail application which is scheduled for a hearing the following Tuesday. “All the processes are filed and I think the bail application will be ruled on next week Tuesday,” he indicated.
Baffour expressed confidence in the merits of the defence’s case and called for public calm, particularly among the supporters of his client. “We are confident in our case, so we believe we will be granted audience. I just want all Ghanaians to be calm. Agradaa’s fans should be calm. I think at the end of the day, we will cross the bridge,” he concluded.
Nana Agradaa, a former traditional priestess turned Christian evangelist, was recently sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court after being found guilty of defrauding by false pretence and engaging in charlatanic practices.
Story: Janet Ayethe
