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It is not common to find a leader weeping but for the second time in a row, the stylish leader of the Ebenezer Miracle Worship Center, Rev. Opambour Adarkwa Yiadom, has shed tears about the sorry state of police cells in the Ashanti Region. Rev. Adarkwa is not a happy man and has expressed his disappointment to News-One. �Because most of us have food to eat and places to sleep, we do not care about what happens to persons in police cells where some of them are so small that inmates can hardly stretch their legs or even have decent places of convenience. This is one thing that breaks me down and as a country, we must put our differences aside and do something about it. Ask anyone who has been kept in police cells ad you would be moved to tears when they tell you their story. �I remember very well that on my 45th birthday, I visited the Kumasi Central Prisons and the story was not different. Day in day out, I see this thing happening and no one seems to be concerned. As Christians, I believe it is our responsibility to show concern because it is human beings that are sent their and some of them are innocent suspects. �If we can join forces with government and the several human rights organizations, I believe we can do something about the situation,� Rev. Adarkwa told News-One. Adarkwa Yiadom explained further that as a man of God with a large congregation, he could raise funds to organize a charity project for persons in cells and prisons but that would not solve the problem until government adopts a more meaningful approach that has to do with the Prison Act. �Many of them are suspects and yet are made to go through hell in our cells. When they get to court and are sent on remand, the situation even gets worse, that is why I am calling on government to review the Prisons Act to give prison officers the power to take remand prisoners, who have overstayed their time, to court and for doctors to visit inmates to see their health condition,� he added. Opambour is reputed to have the largest church in the Ashanti Region. He is also the only pastor who owns a private radio station in the region and reports say he would put up a TV station by the end of this year.