Be measured in communicating prophecies – Police Service warns religious leaders
The Ghana Police Service (GPS) has cautioned religious groups and leaders to be measured in their utterances, especially with regards to how they communicate prophecies.
The Police Service in a statement addressed to the communication of prophecies by religious leaders, noted that over the years, communication of prophecies of harm, danger and death, by some religious leaders, have created tension and panic in the Ghanaian society and put the lives of many people in fear and danger.
“We want to caution that under Ghanaian law, it is a crime for a person to publish or reproduce a statement, rumour or report which is likely to cause fear and alarm to the public or to disturb the public peace, where that person has no evidence to prove that the statement, rumour or report is true,” the police said in a statement.
“We wish to caution all Ghanaians especially religious leaders and groups to be measured in their utterances, especially how they communicate prophecies, which may injure the right of others and the public interest.
“The Police are not against prophecies; we acknowledge that Ghanaians are a religious people who know, and believe in the Centrality of God in our lives,” it added.
Read details of statement below:
