A preacher met his untimely death after an attempt to save a huge amount of money made by the church from offering led to the tragic event.

The preacher identified as Rev. Issac Assiamah Arthur drowned during a heavy down pour in Apapam a town in Kyebi in the Eastern region.

The unfortunate incident occurred after a mega crusade held by the church on Wednesday and Thursday.

According to insiders, the church made some good offering from the members, unfortunately, the monies were all stored in the offertory bowl and was supposed to be taken to the bank on Friday.

However, Thursday night, it rained heavy and the whole town was flooded, peoples room were flooded.

Unfortunately, the flood got into Rev. Issac Assiamah Arthur’s church and destroyed everything.

The flood also took away the church’s offertory bowl .

In a bid to rescue the offertory bowl, Rev. Issac Assiamah Arthur was said to have drowned in the flood.

Residents in the town later found his body few meters from his house and deposited it at the morgue pending autopsy.

They lodged a complaint to the police in Kyebi who have began investigations .