“As the year 2022 draws to a close, we wish to once again
entreat the general public, especially faith-based groups to ensure continuous
compliance with the law as it relates to the communication of prophecies.
“Let us continue to remember that whereas we have the right
to practice our faith in religion, freedom of worship and speech, this right must
not be exercised in violation of the rights of others and the public interest.
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“As part of
sustaining the gains made so far, the Police Service has adopted 27th December
of each year as the Prophecy Communication Compliance Day. This day is being
set aside to remind all of us, to practice our faith within the confines of the
law to ensure a safe, secure environment, free of anxiety generated from
predictions of impending harm, danger, or death.
The Ghana Police Service has reminded the general public,
including all religious leaders, especially pastors that public
pronouncement of doom prophecies remains a crime and anyone who engages in
it during end-of-year church services will be arrested and dealt with according
to the law.
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Extracts from a statement issued by the law enforcement
agency on Tuesday, December 27, 2022, and posted on its social media platforms
“We wish to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas
and a Prosperous New Year,” the statement read in part.
The statement went further to commend religious organizations
and leaders for complying with the law over the past year that the Police
Service intensified its enforcement.
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It added that going forward, the service has adopted
December 27 of every year as a day for reminders against the violation of the
law that frowns on illegal communications.
Last year, the police service warned that it would arrest
and prosecute any pastor who engaged in doom prophecy publicly, as the worrying
trend that had been the order of the day over the years was gradually becoming
an annual status quo, where some pastors even accused others of plagiarising
their prophecies.
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The stance taken by the police has since brought
considerable sanity as pastors who were guilty of the practice did not want to
incur the wrath of the no-nonsense Inpector-General of the Ghana Police
Service, Dr George Akuffo Dampare.
Source:Pulse.com.gh
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