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Unlike Nigeria,ghana To Sentence Pastors 5-year In Jail Over New Year Prophecies by thegeniusmedia: 2:51pm On Dec 28, 2021
The Ghana Police Service has vowed to jail any religious leaders over harmful, danger, and death prophetic claim


The Genius Media Nigeria reports that The Ghana Police Service has cautioned religious leaders not to make New Year prophecies of “harm, danger, and death” or anything else that could “create tension and panic” in the Anglophone West African country in 2022.

Religious leaders in several West African countries with megachurches, such as Ghana and Nigeria, make New Year predictions near the conclusion of the previous year or at Crossover Services on December 31st to usher in the New Year. Some of these prophesies have been known to induce fear, and many of them do not come true in the end.

Anyone found guilty of causing tension in Ghanaian society through harmful predictions could face a sentence of up to five years in prison, according to a statement signed by the Ghana Police Director of Public Affairs, Supt. Alexander Obeng.

The letter marked, ‘My Ref: PAD/PRESS/VOL.3/1/256’, was titled, ‘Ghana Police Service statement on communication of Prophecies and their legal implications’.

The letter read, “As the year 2021 draws to a close, the Ghana Police Service wishes to draw the attention of Ghanaians, especially religious groups, to the fact that whereas we have the right to religion, freedom of worship and free speech, all of these rights are subject to the respect for the rights and freedoms of others according to our laws.
“Over the years, communication of prophecies of harm, danger and death, by some religious leaders, have created tension and panic in the Ghanaian society and put the lives of many people in fear and danger.

“We want to caution that under Ghanaian law, it is a crime for a person to publish or reproduce a statement, rumour or report which is likely to cause fear and alarm to the public or to disturb the public peace, where that person has no evidence to prove that the statement, rumour or report is true.

“It is also a crime for a person, by means of electronic communications service, to knowingly send a communication that is false or misleading and likely to prejudice the efficiency of life-saving service or to endanger the safety of any person.

“A person found guilty under these laws could be liable to a term of imprisonment of up to five years....https://www.thegeniusmedia.com.ng/unlike-nigeria-ghana-to-sentence-pastors-5-year-in-jail-over-new-year-prophecies/

Re: Unlike Nigeria,ghana To Sentence Pastors 5-year In Jail Over New Year Prophecies by jesusjnr2020(m): 3:01pm On Dec 28, 2021
Of course, most of the new year prophecies being made these days were man-made and not from God, but what if the prophecies were actually true, and warnings of impending doom that the people need to hear so as to prepare for it or to do what they need to do to avert it, as that from Jonah concerning the nation of Nineveh did, would you also jail them?

If so, that means you may soon have some true prophets as Jonah in your jails, because such ones do not read such scripts of men. They only do whatever the Lord instructs them regardless of the consequences, whether persecution, jail, or even death.

God bless.
Re: Unlike Nigeria,ghana To Sentence Pastors 5-year In Jail Over New Year Prophecies by Deborah98(f): 3:06pm On Dec 28, 2021
Woe to them that decree unrighteous decrees and writers who keep writing oppression. Our Nigerian pastors will quietly avoid this thread, sometimes I wonder if they see all these things just to get applause from men or God really revealed so we can learn from it and make amends were needed.
Re: Unlike Nigeria,ghana To Sentence Pastors 5-year In Jail Over New Year Prophecies by ATEAMS: 3:53pm On Dec 28, 2021
LoL
Re: Unlike Nigeria,ghana To Sentence Pastors 5-year In Jail Over New Year Prophecies by ReacherSaidNoth: 4:11pm On Dec 28, 2021
If this law were put in place in my country the conmen and their sheep would scream persecution.
Re: Unlike Nigeria,ghana To Sentence Pastors 5-year In Jail Over New Year Prophecies by minks(m): 4:38pm On Dec 28, 2021
End-time things. Christ is coming soon. Current world events point to the fact that the end is here.
Re: Unlike Nigeria,ghana To Sentence Pastors 5-year In Jail Over New Year Prophecies by RiyadhGoddess(f): 7:58pm On Dec 28, 2021
Very good.
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