The day five Calabar Carnival has been abruptly brought to an end as Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed seven persons dead and 29 injured in an incident that occurred on Tuesday.The death toll was confirmed by the Sector Commander of the Corps, Maikano Hassan.
He further stated that the incident occurred in front of the Jumat Mosque in Bogobiri in the capital city of Cross River during the Bikers Carnival activity of the carnival.
According to Hassan,the number of injured to include 21 male adults, three women, two male children and three female children.The injured were rushed to the Naval hospital and the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital for medical treatment while the remains of the dead had been transported to two hospitals in Calabar. 
The incident which happened due to public anger occurred when a Toyota Camry car (not part of the carnival cars) lost control and rammed into a crowd of onlookers during the carnival.The State governor, Prof. Ben Ayade was already seated with other dignitaries during the carnival.
Recalling that the annual carnival which started during the administration of Donald Duke, has not been held for the past two years.The carnival was suspended in 2020 due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic while no reason was given for the carnival not holding in 2021.
In a report ,efforts were still being made to put some facilities in place for the 2022 edition of the carnival which was hurriedly put up.Meanwhile, Gov Ayade has condoled the families of those who lost their lives and promised to bring to book the driver of the vehicle that caused the accident.
