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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 87597, member: 27"] 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 [LIST] [*]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. [/LIST] What she was actually locked up for [LIST] [*]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. [/LIST] Her faith angle coming out of prison [LIST] [*]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. [/LIST] Public split over the sentence cut [LIST] [*]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. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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