By Omotayo Edubi
A vehicle lost control on Tuesday, December 27, and killed at least 10 people at a Carnival in Calabar, Cross River State.
Reports state that more than 20 persons sustained numerous degrees of injuries.
Confirming the sad incident in a chat with newsmen, the commissioner of Police in the state, Balarabe Sule said: “I cannot confirm the actual number of the death presently but I can confirm that over 20 persons have been injured.
“I have personally helped to evacuate a good number of the injured and some corpses to about three clinics in Calabar.”
The incident happened at about 4pm on Mary Slessor Road, one of the carnival routes.
Today was listed by the carnival organisers for power bike and exotic cars parades. But the event started late. The vehicle that lost control was not part of the carnival cars.