Florida Pastor Arrested After Shooting Dead His Estranged Wife

A ‘POWERFUL internationally known prophet of the Most High God’ – Sylvester Ofori, above – has left his followers in a state of shock after shooting his wife, Barbara Tommey, 27, on Tuesday.

Born in Ghana and with 60,000 followers on social media, Ofori is leader of Floodgates of Heaven International Ministries. According to The Christian Post, its website, in trumpeting his power, says:

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.

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.

When I tried to access the site today, following a link on its Facebook page, it appeared to be down.

Prophet Ofori and Barbara Tommey. Image via Faacebook.

The CP report says investigators apprehended Ofori at an apartment building on Raleigh Street where he once lived with Tommey.

A spokesperson for the Orlando Police Department told the Orlando Sentinel that Ofori, 35, attacked Tommey, 27, just before 9 am near the front door of Navy Federal Credit Union on the 4600 block of Gardens Park Boulevard.

A representative of the church today (Thursday) told CP :

We are all devastated. I have no words. I’m just devastated.

At a court appearance on Wednesday, prosecutors told a judge that Tommey’s killing was caught on surveillance video. A prosecutor noted in court:

Video surveillance, which shows Mr Ofori not only shoot his wife but then stand over her body and put additional rounds into her head.

The couple wed in 2015 but were reportedly going through a divorce. Ofori was arrested in 2016 for resisting arrest after an officer responded to an argument between the two.

Detective Matthew Rogers told the Orlando Sentinel that the couple had been living separately for months but further details about their relationship are still being investigated.