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Ghanaian-Born Pastor Arrested in Florida for Shotting His Wife Dead

Ghanaian-Born Pastor Arrested in Florida for Shotting His Wife Dead

Police in the US are holding a 35-year-old Ghanaian pastor for fatally shooting his wife in Orlando, Florida.

Sylvester Ofori is said to have shot dead his 27-year-old wife, Barbra Tommey outside her workplace at the Navy Federal Credit Union, Orlando branch on Tuesday, September 8th, according to a police report.

According to Wftv.com, Barbra was shot in the morning of September 8th but it was not established whether she was entering or leaving her workplace. When officers arrived, they found Barbra suffering from several gunshot wounds and was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.

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“You can tell that she is trying to get inside. Unfortunately, he shoots her outside of the establishment,” a police spokesman said.

Ofori was arrested at the couple’s home following the shooting incident that was captured on security footage. A search warrant was issued for the apartment where the pastor was living. The motive of the shooting remains unclear. 

Ofori, who is currently being held at the Orange County Jail without bond, has been charged with first-degree murder.

The couple had been going through a divorce and had been separated for about three months, a detective told reporters.

Comments (19)

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  1. MundumugoSep 10, 2020

    If this is his mugshot, it seems to indicate a black eye and a burst blood vessel in the eye.

  2. G4Sep 10, 2020

    That warrants shooting

  3. MundumugoSep 10, 2020

    His face was clearly rearranged. I did not speculate on who, what, when, or how or try to arrive at any unwarranted conclusions, I merely made an observation.

  4. MūgīkūyūSep 10, 2020

    Perhaps it was rearranged in the process of becoming a "wife" in the county jail.

  5. JulietSep 12, 2020

    That suits him perfectly. May he rot in that jail

  6. GUEST1Sep 10, 2020

    It seems he had a Fight with his wife before the Shooting.

  7. KenyaSep 11, 2020

    He had said earlier he is going to kill her................https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DauX7Ibyp4s

  8. KenyaSep 10, 2020

    Put him in death row

  9. RAS menelikSep 10, 2020

    Ni pastor mfuasi wa dini ya kigeni ambayo haielewi huu ni mwazo tuu walio potea watarejea kufuata dini za mababu zao. kama wanatafuta amani ya kudumu la si hivyo wataishi kuhangaika.

  10. MosSep 10, 2020

    I am still trying to understand how a person who claims to be a man of God could commit such a heinous crime! I guess humans have imperfections but i believe it is clearly hypocrisy to tell people that this is the way of Godly living yet inside there is a monster waiting to unleash. I guess the main thing is to be true to yourself and look inward to create greatness around you. My condolences to the family of this young lady that lost her life in such a brutal way.

  11. Morris MenyeSep 10, 2020

    Ofori is Ghana's Wanjiru,the Kenyan fake bishop who killed her husband because of SA lover-Majete.Majete alitoloka Kwa speed ya FERRARI.

  12. Imara DaimaSep 10, 2020

    Ndugu RAS menelik: Umesema kweli, wafuasi wa dini hizi bandia za kigeni wana maajabu kweli. Ukitazama watu wote waliohusika, wanaohusika, na watakaohusika na uroho (greed), ufisadi, mauaji, matusi, uongo, tamaa isiyo na mwisho, utaona ya kwamba wote ni wafuasi wa dini za kigeni.

  13. ShakaSep 10, 2020

    Well i think he is a great pastor as he sent her soul to Heaven. He loved her so much that he did not want her living in a world of Covid n death. Now the man of God has decided to dedicate his whole life in an American Kamiti Prison, preaching the word to prisoners. This man deserves a Noble price. Thats rite i said it to myself as i wrote this.

  14. Of the DiasporaSep 24, 2020

    THEN U R NUTS!

  15. MumbiSep 12, 2020

    The black eye may be from police arresting him. Florida police are pretty rough with black suspects.

  16. MundumugoSep 12, 2020

    I watched the videos. This was premeditated and Florida uses the chair or lethal injection

  17. MakunoSep 13, 2020

    It is extremely worrying when the person you have entrusted your life to kills in a foreign land

  18. i said soSep 14, 2020

    West Africans are very violent, leave your savagery in the Jungle!

  19. Of the DiasporaSep 24, 2020

    Men of his ilk have given Christianity a Bad Name!

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