Patricia Asiedua Asiamah, the founder of Heaven Ghana Ministries International and widely known as Nana Agradaa, has been released from the Nsawam Medium Security Prison.
Her release on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, followed a High Court ruling that slashed her initial 15-year sentence.
Agradaa’s husband confirmed the news via a Facebook post on the same day, stating simply, “Thank God my wife is finally home.”
Agradaa was originally sentenced on July 3, 2025, by an Accra Circuit Court to 15 years imprisonment on charges of defrauding by false pretence and charlatanic advertisement.
The charges stemmed from a 2022 televised broadcast in which she solicited funds from the public under the guise of sharing a large sum of money, but failed to disburse the promised amounts.
Dissatisfied with the ruling, her legal team filed an appeal at the Amasaman High Court, arguing the penalty was “excessive.”
In a judgment delivered in February 2026, presiding judge Justice Solomon Oppong-Twumasi concurred.
“Considering all the circumstances of the case together, I came to the irresistible conclusion that the sentence of 15 years imprisonment imposed on the Appellant was indeed unusually harsh and excessive,” the judge held.
The High Court subsequently reduced the custodial sentence to 12 calendar months, effective retroactively from the date of the initial conviction (July 3, 2025).
Additionally, the court imposed a fine of GH¢2,400, with a default sentence of three months.
In his ruling, Justice Oppong-Twumasi criticized the trial judge for focusing too heavily on the personality of the convict rather than the scale of the crime.
He noted that while the amount involved was relatively small, two complainants losing GH¢500 each, totalling GH¢1,000, the reduction did not excuse the crime but rather corrected an imbalance in sentencing.
The court also pointed out procedural flaws, noting that the trial judge failed to address inconsistencies in the prosecution’s evidence while highlighting those of the defence.
