Nana Agradaa granted bail but her woes continue
An Accra circuit court has granted a GHC500,000 and self-recognizance bail to self-styled fetish priestess Patience Asiedua popularly known as Nana Agradaa.
The court presided over by Emmanuel Essandor adjourned the case to May 12, 2021.
As part of the bail conditions, she is expected to deposit her passport at the court’s registry.
Background
Two Television stations, Ice TV and Thunder TV, belonging to the priestess, were shut down on Tuesday.
The two media houses were amongst many on the state’s list in the wake of clamping down on charlatans and swindlers.
Nana Agradaa has swindled an uncountable number of her gullible audience under the pretext of doubling cash for them through her openly advertised ‘Sika Gari’ ritual concept.
The said stations used as tools for advertisements have had many unsuspecting Ghanaians fall prey to Nana Agradaa’s scam.
Nana Agradaa’s Thunder TV had its authorization revoked on March 24, 2020, according to the National Communications Authority (NCA).
On the other hand, ice 1 TV, another member of the ‘Agradaa conglomerate’, also operated illegally even after a written directive to cease operations was served.
Records available to theghanareport.com indicate that the authorization of Ice 1 TV expired on February 26, 2020.
Who is Nana Agradaa?
The self-styled Accra-based fetish priestess has been a reference point on numerous fraudulent activities in the name of spiritualism.
On many occasions, her operations have been reported by some bold folk who have fallen prey. Many others have stayed mute after their encounter yielded no effect.
However, it was alleged that Nana Agradaa had some law enforcement agencies such as the police on her payroll, hence her unabated impunity on open advertorials in money doubling rituals.
Money ritual crime
The sudden thirst for fast money by some young people in the country has resulted in the commitment of crimes.
This includes the latest gruesome murder of an innocent 10-year-old, Ishmael Abdallah.
He was killed in broad daylight by two teenagers at the request of a female spiritualist.
This generated a public fury on the constant societal pressures by supposed spiritualists using open and unregulated channels to communicate their ‘simple powers’ of doubling cash or making one earn money effortlessly.
The suspects have been arraigned and remanded pending trial.