UK-based Ghanaian gospel musician and preacher, Sonnie Badu, has advised prophets to exercise greater discretion and wisdom when delivering sensitive prophecies-particularly those involving death. His remarks come in the wake of recent viral videos showing some men of God claiming that there is a looming "death haunt" around the presidency.
These videos surfaced around the same time a press release announced that Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang was ill and had to seek further medical attention abroad, raising public concern.Reflecting on the emotional toll that bereavement can bring even to men of God, the singer wrote: "I have seen, in recent times, prophets lose family members, and when you see how devastated and broken they were, you would understand that losing a family member is no joke." The award-winning musician stressed that prophesying death does not prove spiritual strength, but instead risks sowing fear and distress, especially when shared publicly without caution. "Dear major and minor prophets, there is something called the word of wisdom, which simply means that whatever you see, you should speak with wisdom.
Prophesying someone's death does not make you powerful; rather, it makes you a prophet of doom," he wrote in his post.
The 'Baba' hitmaker further added, "I can tell you for free once there is revelation then there is redemption….