The incident took place outside Barbara’s workplace at the Navy Federal Credit Union, near the Mall at Millenia in Orlando, on Tuesday 8th September 2020.
She was shot by the Ghanaian pastor, her husband, near the business’ front doors on the 4600 block of Gardens Park Boulevard just before 9 a.m., an Orlando Police Department spokesperson said.
She was pronounced dead at Orlando Regional Medical Center shortly after she was rushed there for medical attention.
Pastor Sylvester had reportedly been abusing his wife for a long time and due to the abuse, she was persuaded by her family to leave him. But he tracked her to her workplace and shot her seven times.
Ofori, 35, was taken into custody at his apartment Tuesday evening, and is being held at the Orange County Jail without bond on a charge of first-degree murder with a firearm.
During a press conference Tuesday morning, Chief Orlando Rolón said the shooting was captured on CCTV.
“You can tell that she was surprised by what was happening,” he said.
The Navy Federal Credit Union released a statement on the shooting.
The statement reads:
“This morning, a team member was fatally injured during an act of violence outside our Millenia branch, by a man she knew, according to the police.
Our thoughts are with our team member’s family. Our number one priority is keeping both our members and team members safe. We will ensure all team members at the branch are provided with the support they need during this time. Any further information can be provided by the Orlando Police Department.”
from 1stnews
*Can you imagine?so whether she left him or stayed,she was doomed?May her soul rest in peace.
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ReplyDeleteIt is very important to know the temperament of whoever you are dating. Run away from men dat have anger issues. Insulting me alone is abuse to me....a man dat loves u shld not be calling u names; not to talk of hitting u. She did d right thing by leaving, yet he couldnt let her be. What a monster.
DeleteMay she find rest.
😭😭😭 so sad.
DeleteHorrible unstable mad man, rot in prison.Awon If I can't have her nobody can.
DeleteShot her 7 times? My God.
ReplyDeleteMay she rest in perfect peace, Amen.
Mad men everywhere
ReplyDeleteThey are many in this Nigeria too. Threatening their wives or girlfriends that they will kill her and kill themselves or go to jail if she leaves. They keep beating these women and treating them like slaves. Those ones cannot leave because of the threats
If you are a victim please speak for yourself let's know how to help.
DeleteMay we not get involved with possessed people in Jesus name, Amen
ReplyDeleteFake pastors everywhere.
ReplyDeleteOh Lord! What is this world turning to? And this guy look so familiar o.
ReplyDeleteRest in peace to the dead.
You want someone to stay for life with you but you are still maltreating her.. She couldn't take it again and left, you still killed her? They shud better sentence him to death by hanging as well.. Mofo!
ReplyDeleteMay her soul rest in peace
OMG what a wicked husband in pastor form.
ReplyDeleteI would rather say: what a wicked pastor in husband form.
DeleteDon't forget he was already a pastor before becoming a husband
What if he was already a husband before being a pastor. What is important is that he is wicked and heartless.
DeleteDevilish and jobless man - no, he called himself, God didn't call him! Due to free money from tithes and avenue to manipulate fellow human beings (especially women), everyone is now a pastor or prophet. His motive for killing will be since I can't have her no more, nobody else should. He will go same way cos this is 3rd degree murder.
ReplyDeleteThird degree? More like first degree murder.
DeleteShot her seven times!!!
ReplyDeleteOluwa may we not be unfortunate to marry or death.
Rip to the dead, in your next life if there is let God guide you in selecting a better husband who will cherish and love you and not be your death.
600 years suffering in multiple folds for that man inside the prison. Stupid man that can't handle rejection
Similar to Nigerians (from the far east) killing their wives that they laboured to bring from their villages to the US; and after becoming nurses or midwives, they start misbehaving and frustrate the men into killing them. Wicked monsters - they are not men!
ReplyDeletethunder fire you for this comment...fustrate the men tokilling them? so you bring a wife to america and expect her to be bringing all the money she makes for you to spend abi? stupid nigerian men who will think they can oppress you the way they do in nigeria...has common sense not told that your coconut head that all the killing is because of money? why did the man not also read nursing or become a midwife to make money? so you laboured a girl to come and join you in america then her money and how and to who she spends on must be controlled by you....thunder fire you plenty times...far east greedy goat
DeleteYou mean those men from the East that married their wives for business inclined reasons& juicy rewards that comes with marrying someone in the medical field?
DeleteYou mean those ones that wants to marry a nurse in order to be collecting her paychecks & make her finally dependant on him?
If you want to be a slave driver/ owner, you should always prepare yourself for the rebellion that comes with such trade.
Stop marrying women in the medical field for your selfish business needs & you would be fine.
Chizzy J.
You were making sense until you got to that part of their wives frustrating them to killing them. Wow! Really?
DeleteGod help us. This is a cruel world
DeleteMy question is does any law forbid the lazy man to read nursing? So because you brought someone abroad then she should be controlled and used? God punish men who do this.
DeleteChizzy J, God bless you for that your comment ☝️
DeleteYou are a monster. Frustrated into killing them. Wow just when you think you have heard everything.So a person brings a woman into the US with a ticket that costs between 300k to 600k and she then studies a course which you had every opportunity to study but lacked the capacity to and then you think she owes you her life? What about the children she bears you. What about her many contributions she makes to you financially, emotionally, spiritually,etc. How is it different from modern day slavery or people who bring wom3n from Italy to work. No one is your slave. Take control of your self and realise that No one can frustrate you into anything much less murder
DeleteNa the work weh many pastors dey do be that. They abuse their wives and the women are too afraid to speak out or leave.
ReplyDeleteMany of them are already killers, it won't be difficult for them to kill their partners.
He should rot in jail
May her soul rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteHaaaa! Ekwensu
ReplyDeleteSmiles on a wedding day doesnt translate to happily ever after, dont go tapping rubbish.
ReplyDeleteAwon tappers will never understand this.
DeleteTo them, a beautiful wedding picture translates to a happy home..
Vain asf!!
Chizzy J
This is sad, in the beginning she may have thought that marrying a pastor was safe for her.
DeleteMay we not get involved with possessed people in Jesus name, Amen
ReplyDeleteI saw the news yesterday, quite heartbreaking I must say. I even went to his Facebook page and saw all the signal msgs he had been sending via posts and nobody saw this coming at all. God will definitely deal with him for wasting that lady's life and snatching her away from her family in such a cruel manner. All these gods of men parading themselves as men of God, God will continue to expose and disgrace you all one by one, NONSENSE 😡
ReplyDeletePsycho pastor! He should also be killed the same way he killed this woman, wicked man.
ReplyDeleteMay her soul rest in peace
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ReplyDeleteI'm scared of people now,you never know who is who.
ReplyDeleteMay her soul rest in peace😔.
This right here is the face of a bloody NARCISSISTIC PSYCHOPATH,I DONT UNDERSTAND HOW BEAUTIFUL WOMEN ALEAYS ENTANGKE THEMSELVES WITH THIS FREAK TI THE POINT OF DANGER,LADIES PLEASE READ UP ON THIS PSYCHOLIGAL/BEHAVIOURAL DISORDERS BEFORE YOU GER CAUGHT UP CAUSE THIS IS WORSE THAN HELL!!
ReplyDeleteIf the woman was ugly, does it justify what happened?
DeleteAnd no one would have believed her because he's a pastor,this devil's put up a good front outside their home,they hold respected positions in the society,making it hard for anyone to ever perceive how devilish they are
ReplyDeletewhat do we call this now,
ReplyDeletehow can you do this to a fellow
human, let alone a woman you
have live with for years.
My girlfriend left me because she said l was too quiet, not out going and don't like partying. She brought her first cousin as a "replacement " I have been married to her first cousin for 25 years. She is the kindest, most tolerant and understanding person l have ever meant and l am grateful our girls took after her. When my then girlfriend eventually married,she married an Animal who almost ended her life. Thankfully she remarried a few years ago, the guy is a wonderful human being. Personally, l believe women generally are not too comfortable with quiet, easy going men who treat them right. One actually called me a green snake because of the way l live my life. It wasn't my choice to be a very quiet person, my dad is wired same way, same applies to paternal grandfather. So growing up l couldn't understand why women were using it against me. The love of the so called bad boys by women often backfires and work against them
ReplyDeletedont get it twisted anonymous 11:20..loud, out going and like parties does not mean wicked. some of us are married to that and i hae been married sixteen years and bless God formy marriage. your ex made a bad choice does not mean she had no right to what she wants. she was not attracted to you doesnt mean she does not want a man who treats her right... quiet men are also narcissistic, wicked, dont forgie and deadly, so if you are a good person thank God for you.
DeleteBeing quiet doesn't equate nonviolence..
DeleteQuiet people's violence is even worse.
Me too I don't like quiet men, I like the out going, partying men but definitely not a violent man.
BITCHandSLUT.com
Bitchandslut where did you do your research to arrive at your conclusions. It's always very naive to talk about what you don't know , drawing conclusions from what you hear from very ignorant women. You have a choice not to like quiet men but that is not enough rationalise.
Delete12:02 you already told yourself there was no attraction just by reading my comment. How would you know, you just allowed your twisted imaginations to flow without control. I don't recall saying she had no right, l didn't even make attempt to stop her. I have been married for 25 years compared to your 16years. Any human of both sexes can be narcissistic, wicked and evil. You already displayed your level toxicity with the way you reacted to my comment. By the way my Ex new her Ex-husband was a very violent person years before she started dating him. We all grew up in the same area in Benin and attended the same
university but she made the decision to spend her life with him because she thought she was in love and for whatever reason believed the guy would changed after marriage.
@anon 13:21
DeleteWow! Wow!! Wow!!!
I already feel your "slow poison' through your outburst. Yes OUTBURST!
Must we agree with what you say?
Look, I've come across both the quiet and the outspoken and you just remind me of that QUIET, DEADLY GUY.
Most quiet guys are really very intimidating and oppressing to their wives and with this your reply, it just shows you are that kind of guy.
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Oga im very sorry but u sound bitter, even after 25yrs... The relationship i had before my husband he isnt in my thots bcos quite honestly d experience is irrelevant to my present life and marriage. But u still seem to carry this woman in mind 25yrs now.
DeleteGod,this is terrible.Pastor indeed
ReplyDeleteNa wa o. Pastor from hell.
DeleteAnon 13:21, why the insults here? BitchandSlut is right. Your ex had the right to leave you and go for someone more out going. Not all out going men are violent. Your wife of 25 years may just be enduring the marriage. Your 25 years of marriage doesn't prove your wife is happy, pls.
DeleteDon't mind the yeye man .
DeleteAnd he kept monitoring his ex girlfriend even after he married someone else , knows all about her life and is even still pained with her. Mr man, why do you guys always have this unending pain and bitterness when a woman leaves you people? Do men alone have the right to leave a woman?
I am planning on leaving my physically and emotionally abusive husband, but I am really scared he might hurt me. I feel like I am in a mental prison.
ReplyDeletePeople don't really understand why dv victims stay, this is one reasons. I will leave soon, I am just praying to God to protect me and my child. My husband is mentally sick.
inform your family and his and start documenting his abuse...photos, record discussions etc..when you do escape go make a report at the police station so there will be proof....the problem with a lot of women is what people will say...lastly pray that no harm comes to you and your child. if while you are praying from your hideout God heals and changes him fine and good
DeleteI plead with everything you believe in to leave now! I was in your current place 2 years ago but believe me, the best decision I have ever taken was to leave my ex-husband.
DeleteIf he is mentally sick(as most are), he will fight to regain control but do not give in.
I used the information in this book to support my transition period, get it if you can. Title is- Prepare to be tortured, the price you will pay for dating a Narcissist- By A B Jamieson.
Sending you love and light as you take this huge leap.
Madam, do you have money saved up? if yes. Pick your kids don't tell him, don't act like it, move far away where you are not known, don't even tell your family and relocate. Call a family member just to let them know you are safe. Pray also, cos such men can even harm your family, I don't trust police too, no be for police
Deletestation one man go shoot his wife. Just pray for him to accept your exit nicely.
Report him and get a restraining order first.
DeleteI think that was what this late woman, Babara did not do probably to protect her monstrous husband's title of a pastor.
ALWAYS REPORT ACTS OF VIOLENCE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES and WOMEN RIGHTS ADVOCACY GROUPS.
12:07. As most men are? I guess you have mental health issues too to so generalise that most men are mentally sick. You made a bad choice, you knew his behavioural patterns, probably saw signs of his psychological state and foolishly entered the marriage because you were probably desperate. I doubt you are fundamentally different from him. Only those those with poor sense judgement make simplistic generalisations.
DeleteI don't know her Ex-husband, I am just pissed with her nonsensical generalisation. Regardless of what you all think most men are good humans, affectionate, caring, tolerant, understanding and accommodating. It is very unfortunate you all use the behaviours of a tiny percentage of men who lost direction probably because of the environmental influenced that moulded their formative years till their teenage age to judge all men. Some are simply because of parental failures and peer pressure
Alexander
Alexander I think what the poster meant was that most men who beat women have mental issues and not most men in general.
DeleteAlexander, she meant most Narcissist. It was cruel of you to abuse her past this way.
DeleteAlexander read to understand before ranting abeg..she meant most men dat are abusive have mental issues.
Delete@ ANONYMOUS 12.07..I ordered the same book on Monday on Amazon, just delivered today. Hope to gain something out of it...Im a single mum of 2 afraid to let go of my baby daddy though the government assisted
Deleteme giving a good accommodation but still scared so I still pick his calls
Anon 12:12, the best prayer is for God to not allow our marital destiny be diverted in Jesus Name. An Illinois ER physician was murdered at the hospital entrance by a man she already left and got a restraining order against. He ended up killing an intern and a 3rd person before police shot and killed him. Restraining orders are good here (not sure Naija has it) but guys or girls (they are neither men nor women as they never matured) with such mindsets are mentally ill and don’t mind dying since they deluded themselves that they have no life without the person they abuse or control. The best is to run FAR away. A friend was dating a cop who made much less and saw her as a social ladder. She would get home and find him seated there, eating or watching TV in her apartment. She didn’t give him any keys!
DeleteAmerica is huge, she moved far, like 14 hours away to live anonymously since cops can have their colleagues look you up and google maps can even show the picture of your patio!
Pray for your children way before they marry. If in it already, move to Ghana, Togo or Cotonou,Lesotho, anyway till he gets over you even if you have to do menial jobs. If you can get a concealed weapon license, carry one. If not carry pepper spray keychain on you at all times with your hand on either that or your car alarm. Those who do what this guy did are sick!
He probably wanted her to keep sitting besides him and be smiling while suffering in church since “judgemental”Africans don’t respect a pastor who can’t seem to “keep his home”. Run from domestic violence!
Encourage looters and rich folks to build shelters for victims and for identity changes to be readily made available for them to enable them continue to work anonymously. May God comfort those who truly loved her!
Many people are mad but only few are roaming. You are not treating someone well you still want them to stay with you. I believe he has been threatening to kill her and she didn't take it seriously. God please protect every woman out there the creatures you left us with that is suppose to love and protect us have turn us to their punching bags and maim us like animals
ReplyDeleteCan you pls stop generalising,its not fair, remember by generalising you include your father ands brothers women beaters too.
DeleteUncontrollable anger is a serious disease. Cure it and you will have peace
ReplyDeleteGod will punish you , useless pastor. If you see where they are preaching, you'll think they are human being. No moral justification for this rubbish, no matter what . ANIMAL. He'll definitely rot in jail, I trust America.
ReplyDeleteSee the man with his electrolyte facing up shoe be looking all blinged out like a thief, we humans are very funny cos somethings are very obvious cos seeing this man, how can you look at him and think he is your pastor SMH. RIP to the dead.
ReplyDeleteThe face of a monster 👹
ReplyDeleteThis is heartbreaking 💔💔💔💔💔💔
ReplyDeleteRIP woman...women always speak out as soon as abuse starts..the longer you keep queit the harder it is too pull out. if you are not yet married flee at any hint of it please...so sad
ReplyDeleteMost pastor's cloak their beastly nature with the world of the Lord..
ReplyDeleteSome or them are verbally & physically abusive to their submissive spouse.
When I was little & used to attend my family Church, our pastor's wife used to come to Church with black eye.
Members knew that he beats his wife & they still allow him to climb podium.
Chizzy j.
You say what?
DeleteThe other day I was reading that one that the ex husband kidnapped their children to spite her, I just remember ME.
ReplyDeleteAnd now we see why she left him.
ReplyDeleteLeaving an abusive relationship is only half the battle. Leaving does not mean you are automatically safe. You may need to move to another state or country to be truly safe. Plan your escape over a period of time and depending on how volatile your situation is then make up your mind to move big if needs be. This is about survival. If you cannot move from your city then get a different job far from where you currently work. Stay at a hotel and do not go to your relatives homes to stay, some relatives will talk, and he may be stalking out their homes. Change up your appearance and mode of dressing, lose or gain weight to alter your appearance. If you wear natural hair then start wearing wigs and choose a different colour. Get working with a women's charity that can help you and teach you survival tips.
This is a very terrible situation...honestly,two things stand out that we humans tend to ignore, and is very vital/important...the "gut feeling/sixth sense", and the "spirit of discernment". if something is not right from within, it most definitely isn't right outwardly. sometimes, it is God's way of warning us of impending danger that we knowingly or unknowingly (are about to) put ourselves in(to). Pray for the Holy Spirit of God to say something to you, tell you something you do not know, but wish to know and he will justify your prayers. if there is one hidden message i learnt in the movie "breakthrough", it is this....God can speak to/use ANYBODY for a cause, even UNBELIEVERS!
ReplyDeleteNot man enough!
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