The attorneys representing divisive religious figure Patricia Asiedu, sometimes known as Mama Pat, have pleaded with the Accra Circuit Court 10 to reconsider the bail restrictions imposed on their client.
The alleged evangelist was given a GHS150,000 bail with three sureties, one of whom had to be the confirmed owner of a piece of real estate.
She was also told to turn in her passport at the court registry and was previously known as Nana Agradaa.
However, on November 10, 2022, Mama Pat’s attorney, Mr. Paul Asibi Abariga, asked the court to change the terms.
He told the court that it has been challenging to secure civil servant sureties for his client.
In order to change the tele-bond evangelist’s requirement so that “any average Ghanaian might stand as surety for her,” he petitioned the court for mercy.
In addition, Attorney Abariga charged that the Police had not handled his client’s bond execution process with sufficient urgency.
He explained that the documents he supplied two weeks ago still haven’t been handled.
The prosecution, under the direction of DSP Slyvester Asare, responded by opposing the application.
The Controller and Accountant General was now verifying Mama Pat’s submission of the sureties’ payslips, according to DSP Asare, who also testified to the court.
In addition, he questioned the definition of a “average Ghanaian” in the court’s prayer read by the defendant’s attorneys. He then asked the judge to maintain the terms of the defendant’s bail.
The case is postponed until Friday, November 11, 2022, so that the bail amount can be decided.