Madam Patricia Asiedu, better known as Nana Agradaa, is a former Ghanaian fetish high priestess, and fake money doubler turned evangelist. She caught the attention of the country after it seemed it was in her nature to get into controversies almost effortlessly. Agradaa remains one of the most trending and controversial celebs in recent times.
She shocked the country in 2001 when she came out begging for forgiveness for all her troubles as she claimed she had turned a new leaf. Nonetheless, her many tales of controversies still remain.
Fascinating Details To Know About Nana Agradaa
1. How old is Nana Agradaa?
The date of birth of the popular traditional priestess has remained one of the most important things many want to know about her as her fans are hell-bent on knowing her age. Sadly, she has remained quite successful in shielding away her actual age from the media and the general public. Nonetheless, many believed that she was born in the 1970s and should be in her early 50s.
2. She came to the limelight for advertising the fetish practice of Sika Gari on television
Nana gained prominence after going on television to advertise her spiritual practice, and money doubling business, as she woos unsuspecting members of the public to visit her Shrine to become rich overnight by the fetish means also known as Sika Gari.
However, she was later discovered to be rather fake and has been labeled as an infamous, scheming, fraudster who specializes in tricking the public with her claimed capacity of being a get rich quick voodoo priestess. Her shrine was situated in an unspecified location in Sowutuom in the Ga –Central Municipality at the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. She was known for communicating her messages mostly in the Ghanaian local dialect, the Akan language.
3. She had her own television stations
In order to promote her alleged fetish money doubling scam, Nana Agradaa established her own Television stations; Thunder TV and Ice1 TV where she advertises her Sika Gari practice. The priestess also lured people into coming to her Shrine to get rich. Unfortunately, the two TV stations were shut down after her arrest.
4. She was arrested by the Ghanian police for fraudulent activities
Nana Agradaa met her waterloo when she was recently arrested on 21st April 2021 by Police and National Security Intelligence Operatives, in collaboration with the National Communications Authority. She was nabbed for allegedly advertising money doubling content as well as operating without licenses, as well as defrauding people of money.
5. Madam Patricia Asiedu was later charged to court
Following her arrest, Asiedu was dragged before the law courts for contravening section 110 of the Electronic transaction act 2008, act 772. She was also slapped with charges bordering on Charlatanic advertisement (Sika Gari) contrary to section 137 of the Ghanaian criminal offenses Act, 1960.
Subsequently, on the 16th June 2021, She was convicted, and sentenced to pay a GHc36,000 or a jail term of three years. Nana Agradaa escaped being thrown behind bars after she chose the option of the fine instead of being locked.
6. She is now an Evangelist
Who could have thought that a devoted traditional fetish priestess and money doubler like Nana Agradaa could someday renounce her Sika Gari practices and embrace Christianity? But then again surprisingly, many of her followers were taken aback when the former fetish priestess announced that she is now a born-again Christian.
This played out during the recent press conference she held after her arrest and subsequent release. She now goes by the name Evangelist Patricia Oduro Koranteng. She even got baptized as proof of her conversion by Pastor Joseph Kwadwo Kyereh of the Trusted Word Ministries who became her Christian godfather.
Following her conversion to Christianity, Nana Agradaa went a step further to prove her new faith by inviting pastors and some other men of God to confiscate her fetish Shrine, and every object in it was burnt to ashes.
7. She is married to an Evangelist
The former fetish priestess is married with a child. She tied the knots with Mr. Eric Oduro Korantenga, who is an evangelist, the couple is blessed with a son whom they christened Clinton Oduro Ocli. She also had a beautiful daughter named Rhina. Unfortunately, the little one lost her life at the age of two. The death of Rhina struck controversies after Instagram blogger alleged that the death of the girl was caused by the action of her mother. She claimed that NanaAgradaa used her daughter for money sacrifice.
Detailing her love story with Eric, the once-notorious fetish priestess revealed that they started dating when she was only 16 years old. However, the relationship came to an end when she wanted to become a priestess. The decision did not go down with him and so they both went their separate ways. Interestingly, love won when they got back even with the differences in their beliefs and they tied the knot.
The pair have been together for some years, but Korantenga continues to maintain a very low profile.
8. She was recently involved in a heated clash with Prophet Owusu Bempah
Shortly after the former fetish priestess became a born-again Christian, she got involved in a war of words with Prophet Owusu Bempah on social media. The situation further degenerated which led the prophet to storm into the home of the former fetish priestess and later resulted in his arrest, alongside the four others who accompanied him.
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9. Nana Agradaa received an Honorary Doctorate in 2015
Even though there has been not much information regarding the elementary school and college education, it was reported that Nana Agradaa was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Rapha Faith University College in 2015.
It has been said that she earned it in recognition of her numerous humanitarian contributions as a philanthropist and humanitarian.
10. What is the Net worth of Nana Agradaa?
It is obvious that the former fetish priestess and money doubler have been able to garner much wealth from swindling unsuspecting members of the public in the guise of making them rich overnight.
However, her current net worth is yet to be ascertained at the moment but from a look at her lifestyle, her net worth may be running into millions of cedis. Plus, she also has several properties and luxury cars to her name.
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