The founder and general overseer of Heaven Way Church in Accra, Patricia Asiedua, formerly known as Nana Agradaa, who was detained on suspicion of defrauding several members of her church has been denied bail in court.
Her case has been postponed until Thursday, October 13 even though she appeared in court on Monday.
Following accusations of a money-doubling scheme made against her by several members of the public, the Police detained her on Sunday, October 9.
She is now supporting the police inquiry.
On Sunday, October 8, the Accra Regional Police Command issued a statement stating that "anyone who is a victim of the suspected money-doubling fraud should report to the Accra Regional Police Command for further action to help the investigation."
She has, however, denied scamming her church members.
In a video clip that quickly gained popularity on social media, she gave an explanation of what she had done, saying, "I announced to Ghanaians that I was going to give away cash to members of my church to invest in their enterprises and that anybody who needs monetary support should come. The first step to taking advantage of this kindness if you are not a church member is to register to formally join us.
"I did the all night event and distributed the money to members of my church and so if you only registered that day and couldn’t get a share of the cash, that cannot be fraud, I have not offended you in any way.
"In every church we have offertory, I am the only one who does this on camera. This was a fundraising exercise which I announced to everyone that it was starting from 1000 Cedis to Coins," she said in a recorded video which has gone viral on social media.
She added, "everybody in Ghana knows that people are plotting my downfall, they want to destroy my ministry, there were demonstrations against me when I was being ordained, people even accused me of burying my own child to grow the church but God is with me."