High Court Reduces Nana Agradaa’s 15-Year Sentence to 12 Months
The Amasaman High Court has significantly reduced the 15-year prison sentence of prominent evangelist and media personality Patricia Asiedu Asiamah, widely known as Nana Agradaa.
Presiding Judge Justice Solomon Oppong-Twumasi reduced the term to 12 months after upholding an appeal that deemed the original punishment “unusually harsh and excessive.”
The Republic Vs Patricia Asiedua alias Nana Agradaa-1
Justice Oppong-Twumasi delivered the ruling on Thursday, February 5, 2026. He stated the court reached
“the irresistible conclusion that the sentence of 15 years imprisonment imposed on the Appellant was indeed unusually harsh and excessive.”
The new 12-month sentence will take effect from July 3, 2025, the date of her original conviction.
The High Court also imposed a fine of GH¢2,400 on Agradaa. Failure to pay this fine will result in an additional three-month prison sentence.
Background of the Case
In July 2025, the Accra Circuit Court convicted Agradaa on two counts of defrauding by false pretence. The court sentenced her to 15 years on each count, ordering the sentences to run concurrently.
The charges stemmed from a 2022 televised broadcast where Agradaa promised to distribute GH¢300,000 to needy individuals during a church service. Instead of giving money, she collected various sums from members of the public.
Court Cites Sentencing Disparity
Justice Oppong-Twumasi criticized the Circuit Court for focusing excessively on Agradaa’s public personality rather than the specifics of the crime.
“The trial judge did not fairly consider the enormity of the crime involved, but she became fixated only on the person involved in imposing the sentence on the Appellant,” the High Court noted.
The judgment highlighted that the fraud case involved two complainants who lost a total of GH¢1,000. The High Court clarified its position, stating,
“The court is not by any stretch of imagination to be understood to be saying that because there were only two victims… or because the amount involved was only GH¢1,000, the Appellant did not commit any crime.”
It further affirmed that the victims suffered genuine losses.
Inconsistencies in the Original Trial
The High Court also found that the Circuit Court handled the trial unfairly by ignoring inconsistencies in the prosecution’s case.
“Strangely, in her judgment, the Honourable trial judge only commented on the inconsistencies in the evidence of the Appellant but did not even in passing comment on the inconsistencies in the prosecution’s case,”
the ruling stated.
