EC ‘Killer’ Freed

An Accra Circuit Court yesterday, June 23,2020 granted bail to the General Overseer of Hezekiah Prayer Ministries, Kwabena Owusu Agyei who was arrested by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) following threats to kill Jean Mensa, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC)

The Court presided over by Emmanuel Essandoh, admitted the man of God to bail in the sum of GH¢ 100,000 with three sureties.

As part of the bail conditions, the accused is to report to the police every two weeks and also submit his passport.

Counsel for the accused, Victor Adawudu, making his case for the bail condition said the accused, Apostle Adjei is a good man with a pure heart.

The accused, 52 has been slapped with three charges-namely threat of death, offensive conduct and possession of narcotic drugs contrary to section 2(1) of PNDC Law 236/90.

Charges

The state led by D/Sgt. Frederick Sarpong said the accused on June 4, 2020 in GREDA Estates in Nungua in Accra threatened to kill the EC boss with the intent to put fear in her.

On the charge of offensive conduct the prosecution held that Owusu Agyei at the same place and day uttered the following abusive words without lawful authority “You are Stupid woman, foolish woman, senseless Akuffo-Addo girl to the annoyance of Mrs. Jean Mensah with the intention to provoke the breach of peace or whereby a breach of the peace is likely to be occasioned.”

The court further heard that the accused on June 9, 2020 also had in his possessing narcotic drug without lawful authority.

Appearing in court presided over by Emmanuel Essandoh the accused flatly denied all the three charges and was remanded into police custody until June 23.

Arrest

The exact place of his arrest remain unclear.

He was said to have been picked up during a live interview with Accra-based Hot FM yesterday morning.

Other narratives captures the self-acclaimed pastor in a video that has since gone viral, being arrested by some men who claimed to be from National Security moving into the house of the pastor and arresting him.

The pastor at a Church Service on Facebook live on Sunday served a strong warning to Jean Mensa to stop the compilation of the new register or risk being killed.

The EC recently completed a pilot project for the new register and has been dragged to the Supreme Court.

But even before the court comes out with its judgement, Apostle Owusu Agyei has allegedly proceeded to issue threats to the EC Chair.

He is alleged to have said that if the voter’s register is allowed to be changed, the Electoral Commissioner will die.

The pastor added that Ghanaians will not allow a small family to dictate to the nation.