Florida-based Prophet Guns Down wife As she Arrives At Work
Written by Heartsong Live on 11th September 2020
The news of Florida-based prophet, Sylvester Ofori, 35 shooting and killing his wife Barbara Tommey, 27 on Tuesday as she arrived for her shift at the Navy Federal Credit Union, has sent shock waves across the internet.
The couple are said to have been married for nearly 5 years though they were in the process of getting a divorce and had been separated for a few months
Sylvester Ofori is lead pastor leads the Floodgates of Heaven International Ministries and is said to have more than 60,000 followers on social media,
In a court appearance Wednesday, prosecutors told a judge that Tommey’s killing was caught on surveillance video.
“Video surveillance, which shows Mr Ofori not only shoot his wife but then stand over her body and put additional rounds into her head,” a prosecutor noted in court, according to NBC News
Police Chief Orlando Rolon said at a press conference that based on the video footage “you can tell that she’s trying to get inside. Unfortunately, he shoots her outside of the establishment.
It’s still unclear what led to Tommey’s murder but there has been another footage in circulation on social media showing the deceased’s brother in a fight with the Ofori apparently in defence of his sister who is said to have been attacked by Ofori. In the video footage, one could clearly hear Tommey’s brother asking Ofori “Why did you attack her?”
It is also unclear when exactly the video was taken but it was apparently some time after the couple separated, as Tommey accompanied by her brother and possibly friend (the person who shot the video), seemed to have come back to the home the couple had shared to pick up some things.
As he was being walked out of the apartment, Ofori is seen to turn around and with his hand on Tommey’s brother’s neck, says to him: “Can I promise you something? If I don’t kill your sister, then me, I’m fake” to which the brother of the deceased turns to the person shooting the video and says: “You got the video, right?”
Ofori was arrested in 2016 for resisting arrest after an officer responded to an argument between the two.
A day before the shooting, Ofori also posted a cryptic message on Facebook about the ‘extreme’ side of ‘loving people.’:
“One thing ppl gotta understand about extremely kind, nice, loving people is that their other side is just as EXTREME,” he wrote.
On its website, Floodgates of Heaven International Ministries describes Ofori, who was born in Accra, Ghana, as “a powerful internationally known prophet of the Most High God.”
“Prophet Ofori accepted God’s sovereign commission for his life at an early age. He attributes his zeal for God to his parents who instilled the fear of the Lord in the hearts of all five of their children. He and his three brothers are highly sought after crusade and revival speakers,” the church said, citing his extensive spiritual gifts.
“Through the awesome power of the Lord working through him the sick are healed, the demon-possessed are delivered, witchcraft schemes are exposed and nullified, the lame walk, the blind see, and the broken are made whole; these are some of the many miracles that are repeatedly manifested throughout this ministry,” the church said.
Investigators apprehended Ofori at the apartment building on Raleigh Street where he once lived with Tommey.
Detective Matthew Rogers told the Orlando Sentinel has stated that there’s no excuse for Tommey’s murder.
“Someone committed a heinous act of violence toward a loved one and there’s no excuse for that,” the detective said.
