Highlife legend and Presidential Staffer for the Black Star Experience, Rex Omar, has chastised prophets who make public predictions about individuals or national events, describing many as “charlatans.”
Speaking with George Quaye on Joy Prime, Omar acknowledged that some people genuinely possess spiritual insight and can foresee certain occurrences. Yet he stressed that this gift is often overstated, particularly by self-styled prophets and evangelists who, he says, speak without real divine guidance.
“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 stated.
The veteran musician emphasized that true prophecy is not a spectacle or a business venture. According to him, genuine spiritual insight demands restraint and responsibility.
Omar’s remarks came in the wake of the New Patriotic Party’s presidential primaries on January 31, 2026, where Dr Mahamudu Bawumia successfully retained the party’s flagbearer position.
Before the primaries, Prophet Elbernard had predicted Kennedy Agyapong would win. When the results proved otherwise, the prophet apologized and announced a temporary suspension from public ministry.
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Reacting to this, Omar questioned the credibility of such prophetic claims, expressing disbelief at how supposed divine messages can be “reversed” 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 also criticised prophets who claim authority over others, calling it 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 added that fear and uncertainty make many people easy targets for 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 further stated.
