A viral video surfaced this week which captures the newly- wedded wife-Abena Anima- of controversial pastor Rev Owusu Bempah drinking alcohol.
In the very short clip, Osofo Maame is seen asking a lady to pour her a drink stored in a container. The lady poured what has been described by reports as Akpeteshie and asked the man of God’s wife if it was okay.
Abena Animah was heard responding, “No, add some more” leading the women around her to shout in amazement.
However, Rev. Bempah, the the founder and leader of the Glorious Word Power Ministry International has defended his wife, stating emphatically that his wife does not take alcohol.
According to Rev. Owusu Bempah, his wife has never tasted anything alcoholic not to talk of Akpeteshie because she dislikes it.
He said:
‘My wife doesn’t drink alcohol; in fact, she hates it and has never tasted it before. I decided not to pay attention to this false report because it’s unnecessary. On that fateful day, my wife neither drank nor ate anything alcoholic.
The ceremony was supposed to come off in the morning but because of some issues, it had to happen in the afternoon and because we had it in the afternoon, I told my wife to eat something before but she declined and said she would prefer a soft drink and so the drink she took that day was grape fruit drink and after she tasted it she asked for more because it was sweet and that is why people around her were surprised and not because she drank alcohol.
I know some people are behind that act, claiming that my wife drinks alcohol. They only want to tarnish my image by reporting falsely. I won’t allow that in my church, so can my wife drink alcohol in the midst of men of God? Never?.
He pointed out that his wife has not been affected by the alcohol reports because she was confident that it was false.’