Richard Asare Baffour, lawyer for convicted evangelist Patricia Asiedua Asiamah, commonly known as Agradaa has announced that his client is expected to be released on March 3, 2026.
The lawyer explained that Agradaa will be released under Ghana’s remission policy.
It will be recalled that Agradaa’s sentence was reduced by the Amasaman High Court, describing Agradaa’s original punishment as harsh and excessive under the circumstances of the case.
The Amasaman High Court, in its decision, affirmed her conviction but exercised its discretion to vary the sentence, reducing the 15 years of hard labour earlier imposed by the trial court.
Agradaa’s revised sentence takes effect from July 3, 2025, the date of her conviction, which means she will serve a total of 12 months in prison.
The court decision will now see Agradaa being freed from prison by July 2026.
The Amasaman High Court added that although the offences for which Agradaa was convicted warranted punishment, the severity of the initial sentence was disproportionate under the circumstances, justifying a downward adjustment.
Also, Richard Asare Baffour Esq, the lawyer for evangelist Patricia Asiedua, popularly known as Agradaa, has detailed that the earliest her client could be released is 3rd March, 2026.
Agradaa’s lawyer in a news card shared by GHOne TV stated, “The earliest possible release date for Agradaa is 3rd March this year”.
Speaking in a recent video shared on X, Agradaa lawyer, Richard Asare Baffour stated, “When a court imposes a jail term, the prison itself has a remission scheme in place which is available for every prisioner of which Mama Pat is also included.
If you qualify for this, the jail term is divided into three; the prisoner gets to spend two-thirds of it, and the state also takes care of the one-third. In our case, 12 months was handed down to our client, that will translate to 8 months”.
He added, “Meaning if you are to do your computation 8 months sentence from the 3rd of July, that will take her to the 3rd of March. Which is out there is this speculation he will be out on 3rd March, and it is rightly so, it is not any special dispensation given to her”.
Meanwhile, a video has surfaced of Patricia Asiedua, popularly known as Agradaa’s Heaven Way Champions International Ministry, undergoing renovation in preparation for her release.
In the viral video shared on X, Agradaa’s church was being repainted and renovated ahead of her expected release.
Reports suggest that the preparations are said to be part of plans to give her a grand welcome upon her return.
However, some Ghanaian legal practitioners are mounting pressure on the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, to appeal Agradaa’s reduced jail term by the Amasaman High Court.
Following the Amasaman High Court decision, Samson Lardy Anyenini, a legal practitioner and broadcast journalist, has told the Attorney General to act and appeal the reduced sentence handed to evangelist Patricia Asiedua, commonly known as Agradaa.
According to Anyenini, Agradaa was convicted of misdemeanour and second-degree felony.
He stressed that under the old legal regime, the maximum custodial sentence should not exceed 10 years.
Samson Lardy Anyenini urged the Attorney General to take up the matter in the Court of Appeal to reverse the sentence.
Anyenini further urged the AG to overturn the sledgehammer ruling and restore the teeth to our criminal justice system, warning that failure would amount to an abdication of the state’s duty to protect the public.
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