Patricia Asiedua Asiamah, popularly known as Nana Agradaa, has been released from prison after serving nine months of a revised one-year custodial sentence.
The former traditional priestess turned evangelist was initially handed a 15-year sentence with hard labour on July 3, 2025, by an Accra Circuit Court after being convicted on charges of defrauding by false pretence and charlatanic advertisement. The conviction stemmed from her promotion of an alleged money-doubling scheme during services at her Heaven Way Champion International Ministry in Weija, in the Greater Accra Region.
In February, the Amasaman High Court upheld her conviction but ruled that the 15-year sentence was excessive and disproportionate. The court reduced the term to 12 months and imposed a fine of 200 penalty units, equivalent to approximately GH¢2,400.
Her release follows Ghana’s remission regulations, which allow eligible inmates to receive up to one-third reduction of their sentence for good behaviour.
The original 15-year sentence had sparked widespread public debate, but her sentence reduction paved the way for her release after serving two-thirds of the revised term.