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The Circuit Court at Adenta, presided by the learned Circuit Court Judge, Her Honour Angela Attachie has dismissed a submission of no case filed on behalf of Mr. William Gyimah, a Kasoa based Pastor in the case of Republic v William Gyimah (SUIT NO: D18/0067/2026).
Mr. Gyimah is being tried for the offence of False communication under section 76 of the Electronic Communication Act 775/2008 and for Publication of false news with intent to cause fear and alarm under section 209 of the Criminal Offenses Act 29.
In the decision of the Court delivered on the 22nd day of October, 2026, the Court held the view, after an exposition on the law on burden of proof and submission of no case, that, prosecution had successfully proven the falsity of the statements of the accused that the Vice President, Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang was going to be killed by her inner circle, just like the previous President and Vice President from the Central Region were killed. In the words of H/H Attachie, "The court is thus satisfied that, on the issue of the falsity of the statement, the prosecution has discharged its burden."
The decision of the Court quoted in full, the statements of the accused for which reason he is being tried. Some of the words of the accused which was transcribed and tendered in Court and quoted in the decision include the following:
"The video has an inscription. “Vice president should resign for her own good”
The people are spiritual people and they want a region and central region is region that when is why people are mentioning Rawling’s daughter. You cannot go and take someone from the Volta region that they should go and
take the daughter of Rawlings and that she should be the vice president. In the future when they want to use her as a sacrifice the spirit in the Volta region will not allow. There is a man called Kwasi Botchway the former finance minister. Along the line they wanted to make him a running mate.
A pastor told him not to go for the position of a running mate and he should wait for the day his maker will call him. He did not involve himself in the race of a vice president. Look at the former vice president Atta Mills. Do you want to tell me that in 2012 Atta Mills was the one who was more ill than everybody. Someone was more ill than Atta Mills but the person is still alive. Someone is more ill than Atta Mills who lived for about 2 to 3 years before passing away so how come Atta Mills got ill and died within a short time. Look at Amissah-Arthur he woke up by his wife he sat in his car and drove to the gym at 6:00 a.m., 6:30a.m. he collapsed like joke like joke. Before his death there was a prophesy by Owusu Bempah that they will kill him."
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Fear and Panic
Per the 11-page decision of the Court, "At the core of the charged offenses is the recklessness of the statement. The statement is likely to cause panic and fear and to endanger the lives of others. The accused stated that the party is targeting the Vice President because she is from the Central Region and that they intend to replace her with Zanetor, who is an ewe. According to the prosecution, such comments can incite fear and panic, especially when the accused stated that two Fantes, occupying the same office, had earlier been killed. As a pastor, the accused carries enough influence to get Fantes to rise up in defense of the Vice President, given how religious we are as a nation."
Parallels with defamation
The Court formed the view and relied on defamation case law to arrive at publication in the following words, "The charged offenses are the criminal counterpart to defamation; as such, the elements are similar."
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