{"id":377635,"date":"2017-11-25T19:49:13","date_gmt":"2017-11-25T19:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=377635"},"modified":"2017-11-27T08:41:33","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T08:41:33","slug":"noisy-church-left-me-no-choice-minister-defends-pastors-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/noisy-church-left-me-no-choice-minister-defends-pastors-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Noisy church’ left me no choice – Minister defends pastor’s arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has told Citi News<\/strong> he had no\u00a0option\u00a0than to involve the police to disrupt the watch night service of the House of Bethel Ministry, as they were making excessive noise in the early hours of Saturday Morning.<\/p>\n
According to the Minister, the church, which is located at Anwomaso-High Tension, a suburb of Kumasi, ignored his previous warnings, as they appeared to have increased the noise levels in an act of defiance.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”jCHRdbXe7qSYhq97tuW7p0MgbvNbNsdb”]Mr. Osei Mensah was said to have stormed the church at about 12:30am, with armed Police officers, and ordered them to halt an ongoing Watch Night Service because of the noise making.<\/p>\n
The head pastor of the church, Reverend Kwame Takyi, was arrested and put behind bars, and granted\u00a0bail later on Saturday morning around 8:00am, according to Citi News’<\/strong> Ashanti Regional Correspondent, Hafiz Tijani.<\/p>\n