There was disarray in the early hours of monday after armed robbers stormed the Calabar Christmas Village while popular Nigerian musician, Kiss Daniel,
was performing.
The robbers, whose numbers is yet to be known, stormed the village at about 1am and shot repeatedly into the air while taking away people's valuables
It could not be confirmed if anyone was killed in the incident, but it was learnt that several people were stabbed. It was learnt that some others, who sustained gunshot injuries, had been hospitalised.
It is still relatively unknown if Kiss Daniel was injured, but an eyewitness said the robbers rushed to the stage while the pandemonium was on and
succeeded in removing some items from the musician before he was taken away by security officials.
An injured shop owner in the village, Glory Andem, said that the presence of robbers became obvious when some spectators started throwing bottles at the musician.
She said, “It was a serious situation and I got injured. What happened was that some guys came into the village and tried to rob Kiss Daniel when he was singing, ‘Oya talk to me o mama.’
“They were throwing bottles and other things at him. Before we knew it, they brought out guns and started shooting. Some security men immediately rushed to the singer. But even with the security, the robbers rushed at him and removed his clothes and collected things from him.
“They would have killed that guy. To be honest, I don’t know how he managed to escape. You know there are several thousands of people in the Christmas village usually and the situation led to a serious pandemonium.
“They broke up everything in my shop. They took all my money. They robbed a lot of shops. Our chairs were broken. Everybody was running at the same time. It was a terrible experience.
“Several cars were vandalised. They broke the cars to steal from them. At a point, the lights went off and I thought I was going to die. As I speak with you, I have a serious cut from the incident and I want to go to a hospital to take
a tetanus injections.”
The state Commissioner of Police, Jimoh
Ozi-Obeh, said it was not a robbery attack, but a misunderstanding between the organisers.
He said the original plan was that Kiss Daniel and other musicians would perform at the U.J. Esuene Stadium in Calabar, but the venue was changed to the Christmas village without any notice to security agencies.
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