Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Prisons Service, Adamu Latif, has clarified that convicted televangelist Patricia Asiedua, popularly known as Nana Agradaa, is in prison and not at large.

Speaking on Adom TV’s Badwam morning show on Wednesday, 9 July 2025, he entreated Ghanaians to disregard calculating reports alleging that Agradaa is not in police custody at Nsawam.

"We are all aware that the court convicted our sister and mother, Agradaa, for offences she committed. There are videos circulating that claim she has not yet arrived at the prison facility. I want to state categorically that Agradaa is in prison. We brought her to the facility last Saturday. She is in our custody," he said.

He explained that there was a brief delay between sentencing and incarcerating Agradaa due to the processes involved in administrative procedures.

However, Agradaa was officially transferred to the Nsawam Female Prison on Saturday, 5 July, just two days after she was sentenced by Judge Evelyn E. Asamoah at the Accra Circuit Court ‘10’ on Thursday, 3 July 2025.

The PRO also addressed further allegations and claims that Agradaa had been physically assaulted by other inmates or enemies within the prison.

"Inmates' rights are protected in prison. Officers are not permitted to assault prisoners, and no inmate is allowed to abuse a fellow inmate."Nana Agradaa is going to spend 15 years in prison for charlatanic advertisement and defrauding by false pretence.

The Circuit Court in Accra delivered its sentence after it confirmed that she is not pregnant.

In 2022, she was accused of luring her victims through claims that she possessed spiritual powers to double their money.

Initially admitting guilt to charges including fraudulent advertising and obtaining money under false pretenses, she spent two weeks in remand before being granted bail of GH₵150,000 with three sureties, one requiring justification.

She tricked members of the Godsway International Heaven Church into handing over their cash during a night vigil service at her church in Weija, Accra.

Meanwhile, Ghanaian gospel musician Gifty Oppong Adorye, known in showbiz as Empress Gifty, has dragged Evangelist Mama Pat, popularly known as Agradaa, to court for defaming her.

In a video targeting Empress Gifty's husband, Hopeson Adorye, Agradaa extended her attacks to the singer, accusing her of engaging in bestiality and unfaithful activities.

According to Gifty, other bloggers have leveraged Agradaa's statement to spread false narratives about her.

This has affected the "Watch Me" singer and her family, as their children are being ridiculed by friends in school.

In addition to the negative impact of Agradaa's conduct, lawyers of Empress Gifty say her trip abroad slated for August has been jeopardized.

The words used by Agradaa are interpreted to mean the following:

a) The plaintiff is promiscuous and a prostitute.

b) The plaintiff is a zoophile who flirts with dogs to earn her money to cater for her husband.

c) The plaintiff is an adulterous or an unchaste wife who has extramarital affairs with other men, and most of her paramours are pastors.

d) Pastors who invite the Plaintiff to their programs have sexual intercourse with her in their offices before the Plaintiff mounts the pulpit to sing.

e) The plaintiff is an imbecile.

Consequently, Empress Gifty is claiming the sum of twenty million Ghana Cedis for damages for slander.

She is also seeking a perpetual injunction to prevent the defendant, along with associates, agents, and anyone acting on her behalf, from making further publications of the same or similar defamatory statements.