Esther Smith, a multi-award-winning Ghanaian gospel musician, has revealed that she received death threats from some people before her return to Ghana in December 2025.
It will be recalled that on December 30, 2025, Pastor Elvis Agyemang of the Grace Mountain Ministry held a two-day, highly attended Alpha Hour Convocation event at the Accra Sports Stadium.
Esther Smith led a worship at the event on December 31, 2025, during her stay in the country.
According to Esther Smith, before his return to Ghana for the Alpha Hour event, she received threatening messages from an individual concerning her life.
She revealed that the person behind the threat messages demanded £300,000 to abandon the alleged job they were given.
Esther Smith further detailed that the number that messaged her threatening her was from Nigeria.
The Vertran gospel musician added that during her performance, she received protection from personnel in the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB).
Speaking in an interview with PAAM TV UK on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, she stated, “I know my management will not say it, but I will. Before my return to Ghana, someone sent me messages threatening to harm me and demanding €300,000 to spare my life.”
So when I was walking at Alpha hour, I was being escorted by BNI. The person claimed they had been given a contract to kill me; the number was Nigerian”.
She later revealed that her team had informed her that the unknown individual also threatened to take over her YouTube channel,
Meanwhile, Esther Smith has disclosed that she had also received numerous threats on her life from others in the past and called on her fans love once to pray for her over the threats to her life.
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I was at Alpha Hour and I was charged £300,000 for prayers against a threat on my life — Esther Smith drops bombshell.
— Albert Nat HYDE ™ (@BongoIdeas) January 14, 2026
I’ve always known this guy can’t be trusted! Keep making these pastors rich! pic.twitter.com/YgmHEUKg8d