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Popular Nigerian musician, Daniel Anidugbe, stage name Kiss Daniel, on
Monday escaped death while performing at the Calabar Christmas Village.
It was gathered that some robbers had stormed the village at about 1am
and shot repeatedly into the air while dispossessing fun seekers of their
belongings.
Several persons sustained various degrees of injuries from gun shots.
The Calabar Christmas Village, which is located at Calabar Municipal
Council Secretariat, opens for 24 hours from December 1 to December 31 every
year as a central location of revelry.
According to reports, while Kiss Daniel was on stage, the bandits came
and carted away some of his belongings.
Speaking with Punch, an
injured shop owner in the village, Glory Andem, said 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 vandalized. 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 tetanus injections.”
Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police, Jimoh Ozi-Obeh, said it
was not a robbery attack, but a misunderstanding between the organizers.
“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”, he said.
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