The lawyer for embattled preacher, Bishop Daniel Obinim, has said he may go to court to demand bail for his client if the Police fails to grant them the\u00a0request.<\/p>\n
Atta Kyea told Citi News<\/strong> \u201cif they [Police] don\u2019t grant him bail we will resort to the court to grant him bail.\u201d<\/p>\n Obinim was arrested on Tuesday after he turned himself in to the Police for allegedly defrauding someone of an amount of GHc11.6 million<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n He has come under severe public bashing for flogging some teenagers<\/strong><\/a><\/span> in his church publicly for\u00a0allegedly committing fornication. Obinim has further explained that the teenagers were his adopted children and he was directed by God to punish them.<\/p>\n Atta Kyea while speaking to Citi News<\/strong> also dispelled claims that Bishop Obinim tried running\u00a0away from investigations.<\/p>\n \u201cHe couldn\u2019t just move from Kumasi to Accra on the spur of the moment, he flew here voluntarily so how can anybody say he is running from investigations.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Citi News<\/strong>\u2019 Franklin Badu Jnr reported that, the embattled preacher who is still in Police custody is likely to be granted bail today [Wednesday].<\/p>\n Supporters besiege Police station<\/strong><\/p>\n Supporters of Obinim on Wednesday besieged the Police headquarters<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0in Accra where the preacher was sent\u00a0to demand his release.<\/p>\n They were subsequently dispersed by the Police with\u00a0water cannons and pepper spray.<\/p>\n Obinim moved to undisclosed location<\/strong><\/p>\n The Police subsequently moved Bishop Obinim to an undisclosed location pending further investigations.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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