A drastically slashed sentence just walked one of Ghana's most controversial self-styled evangelists out of prison after only months behind bars.
Nana Agradaa walks free after appeal
Nana Agradaa walks free after appeal
- Patricia Asiedu, widely known as Nana Agradaa, got released from prison on Tuesday, March 3.
- Her original 15-year sentence was knocked down to 12 calendar months by Justice Solomon Oppong-Twumasi on February 5, 2026.
- The appellate judge called the initial punishment excessive relative to the amounts actually involved.
- A circuit court had originally handed her the 15-year hard-labour sentence back in July 2025.
- Nana Agradaa's convictions covered two counts of defrauding by false pretence and one count of charlatanic advertising.
- Congregants got talked into handing over money during a church service under a cash-doubling promise.
- None of the promised money doubling ever came through for the victims.
- Asiedu told prison officers she leaned entirely on prayer throughout her time inside.
- From day one, she claimed she never accepted the original 15-year term as legitimate.
- Peter's imprisonment in Acts 12 was the biblical parallel she pulled out to explain her confidence.
- Nana Agradaa framed her early release as a personal faith testimony backed by repentance.
- Her walkout has triggered seriously divided reactions across sections of the Ghanaian public.
- Critics are questioning whether the dramatic reduction was warranted, while others say the appellate court stayed within legal bounds.
