Masquerade Caught Fire While Pulling Stunt During Anambra Festival

Masquerade Caught Fire While Pulling Stunt During Anambra Festival

by Victor Ndubuisi
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In Anambra State, an unnamed guy was burned to death while attempting a stunt in a masquerade costume.

According to Anaedoonline.ng, the event occurred in Ogbunike on Saturday during the Eli’m Ede’ Cultural Festival.

The festival is an annual event in which locals are entertained by masquerades of all sizes and forms gathered in the town square.

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According to an eyewitness, while taking the masquerade to Amawa square, the masquerade attendants performed a fire stunt in front of the masquerade, which was seated on the ground, but quickly extinguished it.

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“Unknown to the attendants, the fire had entered the raffia costume worn by the masquerade, and before they could put it off, it spread all over the body of the masquerade, causing the man serious burns,” he said.

Anaedoonline.ng learnt that the man, who sustained serious burns, was rushed to the hospital, where he gave up the ghost on Sunday evening.

 

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