Highlife veteran and Presidential Staffer for the Black Star Experience, Rex Omar, has criticised prophets who publicly issue predictions about people and national events, branding many of them as “charlatans.”
In a recent interview with George Quaye on Joy Prime, Omar said he does not dispute that some individuals possess heightened spiritual perception and can accurately foresee certain occurrences. However, he argued that this ability is often overstated, particularly by self-styled prophets and evangelists who, in his view, speak without genuine divine direction.
According to him, authentic prophecy is not a public performance or a commercial venture, insisting that true spiritual insight comes with restraint and responsibility.
“Most of them exaggerate. No serious prophet will commercialize prophecies. When God shows you things, He is not expecting you to always go out and talk. So when prophets come to sit on television and give prophecy, do you call this a prophet? God does not release messages through charlatans,” he said.
Rex Omar’s comments followed events surrounding the New Patriotic Party’s presidential primaries held on January 31, 2026, where Dr Mahamudu Bawumia successfully retained his position as the party’s flagbearer.
Ahead of the contest, Prophet Elbernard had publicly predicted that Kennedy Agyapong would emerge victorious. After the outcome proved otherwise, the prophet issued an apology and announced a self-imposed suspension.
Reacting to the development, Rex Omar questioned the credibility of such prophetic claims, expressing disbelief at how divine messages could be reversed or corrected after the fact.
“How can you say God told you something and then later you come and say, ‘Oh, I made a mistake.’ So, was it you that made the mistake or the God that you claim showed you that vision?” he asked.
He further criticised the tendency of some prophets to assert spiritual authority over others, describing it as an exploitation of faith and personal insecurity.
“People are taking advantage of other people’s ignorance. You cannot come and tell me because you are a prophet; God has told you something about me. The God that indwells me did not tell me, but he told you to come and tell me?”
Rex Omar attributed the influence of such prophets to what he described as a widespread fear of uncertainty among people, which makes them vulnerable to manipulation.
“They take advantage of people’s ignorance because 99% of people on planet earth are driven by fear. Fear of failure, fear of death, fear of rejection, disease, and all that.
“So when somebody tells them something, the fear is already there, so they accept and give their power to those people. Instead of surrendering into themselves where God actually lives,” he stated.
