Recalcitrant Kumasi pastor slapped in court

Apostle Kofi Nkansah Sarkodie aka ‘Saint Sark’ the head pastor of Open Arms Ministry at North Suntreso in Kumasi has been slapped with GHc 100,000 in court for holding church when the president had ordered for all churches to be closed amid the coronavirus outbreak.

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He was first arrested on Monday and granted bail for the same offense. He is reported to be saying in Kumasi that he is the  Head prefect of all pastors in Ghana so the president has no right to make a decision about churches without consulting him.  It is in this light that he has refused to comply with the President’s directives on social gathering.

The Asokwa District Court today went for sitting today and “Saint Sark” was charged with the following;

Count 1: Unlawful assembly contrary to Section 202Count 2: Offensive conduct conducive to breach of peace contrary to Section 207(1) of the Criminal Offences Act of 1960