A/R: Pastors beat each other in market over offertory |Photos

The Kumasi Central Market came to a standstill when two preachers turned the market place into a boxing ring over offertory.

The two who were said to be pastors from the Christian ministeries drew attention at the Kumasi Central Market in the Ashanti region as they engaged in fisticuffs over offertory.

The incident which occurred yesterday afternoon Wednesday, December 20 saw the two ripping each other’s cloths in the process.

According to reports, the two mobile preachers identified as Evengelist Samuel Kwame Boateng and Evengelist Kwame Poku the incident was a normal occurrence where the two have been engaging in verbal assaults frequently over offertory from passersby but the situation excalated into a public fisticuff on Wednesday.

Samuel Kwame Boateng who spoke in an interview after the brawl said his colleague preacher has been insulting; issuing threats and makes attempts to attack him physically.

He said he was then advised by one of the women at the market to beat his colleague preacher to serve as a deterrent hence his actions which rather degenerated into a fight which onlookers described as shameful.

Source: ghanaguardian.com