Manhyia palace orders polygamous pastor to slaughter 4 sheep, GHC 20k for snatching church member’s wife.
A handful congregation of the Association of 7th Day Pentecostal Assemblies at the Kumasi Adeabeba who had the opportunity to accompany their pastor, Mr Macaiah Addai to the Manhyia palace on Tuesday June 13 2023 to defend a summons case had the rude shock of their lives, reports King Amoah from Kumasi.
This was when a five member panelists trying Pastor, Macaiah Addai’s case on charges of alleged snatching of a church member’s at the Asantehemaa’s palace had pronounced the man of God guilty.
Upon the judgment of the case, Pastor Macaiah Addai who already have three wives was made to customarily slaughter four sheep to pacify the gods of the land.
However Macaiah’s pleadings through a prominent Kumasi chief convinced Nananom (panel members) to accept two sheep which was converted into a local currency of GHC6000, which the man of God quickly made payment.
That was not all, pastor Macaiah Addai was further prevailed to pay a whooping sum of Ghc20,000 to the man(his church member,Mr Kofi Adjei) of whom he pastor (Macaiah Addai) allegedly snatched his wife.
Briefing the panelists about the genesis of the case and how the man of God took over his church member’s wife on Tuesday June 13, 2023 at the court of Asantehemaa at Manhyia palace, Mr Adjei indicated that he married her wife Madam Glora Amponsa for the past 21 years.
He said after the customary rites was fully performed by the both family members of the couples, it was pastor Macaiah Addai who also blessed the marriage.
This was because he (Adiei) and the wife Gloria Amponsa were full time church members of the Association of the 7th Day Pentecostal Assemblies of which pastor Macaiah handles as the Acting Head.
Mr Kofi Adjei reiterated that staying together as a happy couples for 21 years without offending each other, the wife suddenly showed some signs of divorce.
Gloria Amponsa started to allegedly insulting, misbehaving and castigating me with unprintable words as if l am a house boy to her at a least attempt l demands her service.
Adjei said prompted by the conduct of the wife, he reported the case to pastor Macaiah Addai and the church elders for solution,but to his utmost dismay, pastor Macaiah Addai told in him point blank that the wife Gloria Amponsa had reported to him that she had divorced and presented a schnapps to his ,( Adjei’s) family members and therefore the church cannot help him to patch up the marriage.
Two days later l was informed that my wife was staying with Macaiah Addai as married couples, and for more than one and a half years all efforts to convince my wife to return has hit the rock, Adjei bemoaned.
Hence feeling cheated l finds it prudent to initiate summons against the man of God at the Manhyia palace to explain the full interpretations on how a married woman who has not customary divorced can be snatched by a man of God according to Asante custom.
In his defence at the Manhyia palace on the fateful Tuesday June 13 2023, the man of God said he took over Gloria Amponsa from Mr Kofi Adjei as wife because Gloria Amponsa told him that she had divorced.
Unable to answer question that Mr Kofi Adjei referred her wife’s conduct to him (pastor Macaiah Addai) and church members for amicable settlement but was treated with contempt, the pastor said all what he knows was that the woman he snatched was divorced.
Macaiah Addai worsened his case more when he further told the panelists that he has since not performed any customary rites to the family of the woman (Gloria Amponsa) he snatched because he resorts to Jewdish marriage ordinances and customs where a divorced woman hardly needs second customs on her next marriage.
But pastor Macaiah Addai who was shaking like a wet dog and failed to answer more intelligent questions from Nananom spilled the beans when he admitted his offence and consequently customarily fined 4 sheep for violating Ashanti customs on marriage and also made to compensate Adjei with an amount of GHC 20k.
The case was adjourned to next week Tuesday June 20,2023 for final conclusion.
For full details contact Kofi Adjei whose wife was snatched on 0244482934, Gloria wife 0245180093/ pastor Macaiah 0244761391 and Nana Diawuo panel member 0244409817.
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