Pastor remanded in custody for publishing falsehood about Philadelphia church founder

A pastor, aged 48 years, has been taken into police custody by the Asante Akropong circuit court in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District, for disseminating false information at Achiase against the founder of the Philadelphia church.

Emmanuel Boachie denied the charges of disseminating of false information, offensive conduct, conducive to the breach of peace, and will appear in court again which presided over by Mrs Gloria Mensah Bonsu, on April 30, this year. 

The details of the case as presented by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mr Albert Asagre, are that Prophet Stephen Adom Kyei-Duah, the Founder and Overseer of the Believers Worship Center – Philadelphia at Kumasi Kenyasi, filed the complaint.

The individual charged is also the Pastor of the Souls Pasture Church and the Principal and Country Director of Awesome Bible College, at Achiase, in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District. 

The findings indicated that on April 13, 2025, the accused published himself on WhatsApp, Tik Tok and Facebook, making claims by stating in a video that, the complaint fit the biblical description of a false prophet, a thief, robber, murderer, an anti-Christ, Satan incarnate and a nuisance to any Christian pulpit, and that his teachings and doctrines were direct contradiction to those in the Holy Bible and those of Jesus Christ. 

The publication spread rapidly on social media and was seen by the complainant, so he brought it to the attention of the authorities to the Kumasi Tafo Police, resulting in detention of the accused.

The Prosecutor said in the course of the preliminary investigation , the accused person confirmed to making the publication, and charges were filed, and brought before the court as the investigation progressed.

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