General News of Tuesday, 11 August 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.com'Pastor was convicted to pay a fine, not jailed' – Police ‘schools’ MahamaFormer president, John Dramani MahamaDirector of public affairs at the Police Service, Supt. According to her, the statement is false as the pastor was only convicted to pay a fine which was later footed by the church of Pentecost. They were convicted by the court but they weren’t convicted to go and spend time in jail. They were asked to pay a fine but because they couldn’t pay, they were kept until sometime in July the Church of Pentecost volunteered to pay it.”She added that checks with the prisons service in Volta Region revealed that these people were truly released. “After the Church of Pentecost offered to pay their fine, we checked with the prisons service in Volta region and found out that they have been released,” she stated.

Source: GhanaWeb August 11, 2020 12:45 UTC