Owusu Bempah Rushed To Hospital After Court Denied Him Bail; Photo Of Him In Handcuffs Pops Up
- Reverend Owusu Bempah has been rushed to the Police Hospital after falling sick in cells
- The 'man of God' was hospitalised barely five hours after a court denied him bail and remanded him into police custody for one week
- A supposed photo of Owusu Bempah in handcuffs at the hospital has found its way onto social media
- Owusu Bempah and three others are standing trial for offenses of threat to harm, assault on police officers, among others
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Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah has been hospitalised over an unknown after being remanded in police custody.
According to a Citinewsroom report, the head pastor of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International was rushed to the Police Hospital in Accra a few hours after the court hearing.
A photo has also popped up online suggesting that Owusu Bempah was put in handcuffs when he was sent to the hospital.
The photo shows the lower part of a man lying in a hospital bed with his left handcuffed to the bed.
A report on Mynewsgh claimed that, apart from being handcuffed, a police guard was placed beside Owusu Bempah to ensure that he does not escape from the hospital.
Check out out the photo on the left:
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Owusu Bempah's arrest
Owusu Bempah was arrested at his church premises at Odorkor on Sunday, September 12, 2021.
A statement released by the police indicated that the 'man of God' was arrested alongside four other people who work for him.
According to a police statement, Owusu Bempah instigated an assault on some police officers at his church.
The police officers had gone to the church to effect the arrest of some of his boys who had been found brandishing weapons in viral videos.
The initial arrest was in relation to Owusu Bempah's beef with repented fetish priestess, Nana Agradaa.
Owusu Bempah storms Agradaa's house with macho men
It will be recalled that the prophet, in the company of some macho men, stormed the house of Nana Agradaa on Thursday, September 9, 2021,
In videos on social media, Owusu Bempah and his men were seen daring Agradaa to come down and face them.
Appearance in court
Owusu Bempah and the four others, Mensah Ofori, Michael Boateng, Frederick Ohene, and Nathaniel Agyekum were arraigned before a court the next day.
The court denied them bail and remanded them into police custody for one week.
It was a few hours after he was remanded that Owusu Bempah fell sick.
Source: YEN.com.gh