An unidentified man has been burnt to death in a masquerade costume fire incident in Anambra State.
It was gathered that the incident took place in Ogbunike community in Oyi local government area of the state, during the Eli’m Ede Cultural Festival held on Saturday, January 29, 2022.
The festival is an annual event in which masquerades of various sizes and shapes gather at the village square to entertain indigenes of the community.
An eyewitness said the masquerade attendants while leading the masquerade to Amawa square to entertain had pulled a fire stunt in front of the masquerade sitting on the ground, but immediately extinguished it.
“Unknown to the attendants, the fire had entered the raffia costume worn by the masquerade, and before they could put it out, it spread all over the body of the masquerade, causing the man in it, serious burns,” the source said.
It was learnt that the man was rushed to the hospital where he died the next day.
With Tribuneonline report
