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Kiss Daniel escaped death at Christmas Village in Calabar as armed men stormed... - Mhiz Rebecca - 12-27-2016
An unknown number of armed men stormed the
Christmas Village in Calabar, the capital of Cross
River State in the early hours of Monday and
robbed fun seekers of their possessions, the Punch
is reporting.
The armed men shot repeatedly into the air forcing
audience at the venue to run for safety. The
newspaper reports that the attacked occured during
the performance of popular musician Kiss Daniel.
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It is not known if anyone was killed in the attack
but several people sustained gunshot injuries while
others were stabbed.
The Calabar Christmas Village, situated at the
Calabar Municipal Council Secretariat, usually
opens 24 hours each day, from December 1 to
December 31 every year.
It was not clear if Kiss Daniel was injured, but an
eyewitness said some of the attackers rushed on
stage and took some of the items he had on before
security official were able to rush him into hiding.
An injured shop owner in the village, Glory Andem,
gave her account of the incident:
“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.”
She also added that several cars were vandalised.
However, the state Commissioner of Police, Jimoh
Ozi-Obeh, said it was not a robbery attack, but a
quarrel between the organisers of the show.
“There was no robbery incident in Calabar and
nobody was attacked by robbers in any other part
of Cross River State. What happened was that the
government had initially planned to host the
musician at the stadium, but the plan was changed
to the Calabar Christmas Village. They probably
had misunderstanding with the organisers. It was
the change of venue that was not properly
organised,” he said.