JUST IN: Violence Erupts At Kaduna Music Festival As Event Ends Abruptly

The much publicised Kaduna Music Festival has ended
abruptly as the event has been marred by violence,
Premium Times reports.

According to the report, several people were injured
, as the event ended in violence.

Police were said to have fired teargas and shots into the
air as some of those who attended the event reportedly
engaged security operatives in a scuffle at the event
organised by the Kaduna State Government.

The violence reportedly started as the Speaker of the
Kaduna State House of Assembly, gave his closing
remarks to signal the end of the event.
Some youths at the venue reportedly jumped on the stage
and threw sticks and bottles at the police personnel.

Their motive is not yet clear as at the time of this report.
The musical festival organized by the Kaduna state
government is designed to raise funds for the artistes.

But the official twitter handle of the music festival has
denied the report.

See their tweets below:
Which violence? Ecstatic crowd trying to see and go
close to the artists were dispersed by securities.

No
violence.  +https://t.co/lboNAzKzyE

It will be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari
arrived Kaduna state, to declare
open the festival and attend the convocation ceremony of
the Kaduna State University (KASU).

While declaring the event open, Buhari had
thanked Nigerian artists for their tremendous contributions
to the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in
the general elections earlier this year.