By King Amoah, Our Bureau Chief
Reports
In a legal battle reminiscent of the Biblical David and Goliath, a church member of the Association of the Seventh Day Pentecostal Assemblies, Nana Agyemang Badu has emerged victorious against a self acclaimed Sectary and previoudly self styled President of the church.
Without the aid of a legal counsel, Nana Agyemang Badu successfully floored a self styled President and an alleged “fake” Secretary in a suit that was thrown out by the Kodie District Court on Monday, September 14, 2026.
The court presided over by His Worship Stephen Ofori Akrafi dismissed the case for “lack of capacity” and ordered the plaintiffs to pay a cost of Ghc 5,000 to the defendant.
The Roots of the Conflict:
The legal drama (Suit No. AR /KD /DC /A1/ 09 /2024) began in 2023 when Akwasi Acheampong claiming to be the Church’s Acting Secretary initiated proceedings against Nana Agyemang Badu.
The suit sought to recover church premises currently occupied by Nana Badu Agyemang.
According to court details, Acheampong took this decision unilaterally following the death of the church’s founder and President Elder Enoch Ofori Snr.
However as the case was in process, Acheampong struggled to substantiate his claims.
Legal Manoeuvres and Counter Claims:
In an attempt to salvage the case, the plaintiffs engaged a legal practitioner, Lawyer Akua Abrafi Amoako Gyawu of Adanseman Chamers who restructured the suit.
The church was then named as the main Plaintiff, while Acheampong’s status was shifted to a witness with Pastor Micaiah Addai who joined in the n court discourse posititioned as a principal witness and a purported President of the Association.
It was gathered that the plaintiff’s case began to crumble under court scrutiny.
Evidence that surfaced showed that Acheampong’s claim to the Acting Secretary position was dubious when another witness identified as Alhassan Attambik Emmanuel popularly known as Dada Kwame, had previously contradicted him by also claiming to be the Secretary.
The High Court Precedent:
Further information indicated a turning point in the timeline regarding Pastor Micaiah Addai’s Presidential claims of the church.
Kodie District Court noted that on December 18, 2025 a Kumasi High Court had found Addai guilty in a separate proceedings subsequently banning him from identifying himself as the President of the church.
The irony of the case , the Kodie District Court observed, was that based on further evidence submitted, while Akwàsi Acheampong in his filings before the District court, partly grounded his capacity to act for the church on the December 18th 2025 judgement of the Kumasi High Court which appointed him as Acting leader along with Elder Yaw Fosuhene, the same Acheampong has since May 2026 filed an injunction application at the Kumasi High Court 4 purportedly in the name of the Association against the very same judgement which he sought to rely on a the Kodie District Curt, a move seen in the judiciary principles as contradictory.
Following this
revelation, Mjcaiah Addai reportedly withdraw himself from the District Court case.
The Ruling: A Church In Limbo:
Upon reviewing the search evidence tendered by the defendant Nana Agyemang Badu, His Worship Stephen Ofori Akrafi found that the plaintiff’s suit lacked the substance necessary for a trial.
The Magistrate noted that the entire administrative functions of the Association of Seventh Day Pentecostal Assemblies appear dormant.
Since the passing of the founder no substantive elections had been held to appoint a legal leader.
Therefore neither Pastor Addai nor Akwasi Acheampong had the legal standing or “capacity” to initiate a suit on behalf of the church.
In the circumstances, the suit is dismissed for lack of capacity, the learned Magistrate concluded.
- After the case was closed an amout of Ghc 5,000 cost was slapped on the plaintiffs to serve as a lesson to what many observers in the Kumasi legal community termed it as a bold stand by an unrepresented citizen against institutional overreach.
