Three Pastors Jailed Over Leadership Dispute In Holy Apostolic Reformed Church

• Three Holy Apostolic Reformed Church pastors have been jailed for contempt by an Accra High Court
• The pastors are Apostle Samuel Anang Sowah, Bishop Abraham Adjetey Adjei, and Bishop Daniel Buernor Tokoli
• The pastors were accused of illegally breaching the constitution of the church by acting independently

Three pastors have been sentenced to five days imprisonment each for contempt by an Accra High Court.

The three are Bishop Abraham Adjetey Adjei, Apostle Samuel Anang Sowah, and Bishop Daniel Buernor Tokoli.

Graphic Online reported that the pastors were sued for failing to accept the leadership of the Holy Apostolic Reformed Church (HARC) and breaching its constitution.

They were imprisoned for defying court orders not to interfere with the church's activities.

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The court also awarded a cost of GH¢1,000 each against the three pastors in favour of the church.

On October 27, 2023, the court, in an earlier contempt case, convicted the three pastors for contempt of court for holding service at the church's Tema, Teshie and Nungua branches.

This was despite a pending application for an injunction restraining them from holding services.

Why were the pastors in court?

The HARC trustees sued the three pastors, accusing them of illegally breaching the church's constitution by acting independently and failing to accept its leadership.

Among other reliefs, the plaintiffs wanted the court to declare that the three branches the three pastors had taken over were subject to the control of the HARC headquarters.

The church further wanted a court order restraining the three pastors from any involvement with the church as long as they refused to obey the direction of the church's headquarters.

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YEN.com.gh reported that a man died after he was run over by a speeding taxi in a suburb of Kasoa in the Central Region.

Kasapa News reported that Joseph Kwaku Koranteng was crossing the dual carriage highway to go and check his BP status when the speeding taxi cab ran into him, killing him.

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Proofread by Edwina N.K Quarcoo, journalist and copy editor at YEN.com.gh.

Source: YEN.com.gh