cannot user redirect() function..

[eluser]scorpioniz[/eluser]
cannot use redirect function after

Code:

$this->form_validation->run

i have function:

Code:

function edit($id = NULL){
  $user_id = 25;
  $event = $this->database->GetSingle('events', array('id' => $id, 'userid' => $user_id));
  $this->data['event'] = $event;
  //redirect('user/event/show/'.$event['id']);
  if($this->form_validation->run('event/createedit') == FALSE){
    $this->ajaxValidation('event/createedit');
  }else{
    if($event == NULL){
      $this->database->Insert('events', $data);
      $event_id = $this -> database -> GetLastID();


    }else{
      $this->database->Update('events', $data, array('id' => $event['id']));
      $event_id = $event['id'];
    }
    redirect('user/event/show/'.$event_id);
  }
}

and if i put redirect before

Code:

if($this->form_validation->run('event/createedit') == FALSE)

statement its redirecting me where i need..

plz help..

also i notice that it tries to redirect where i need, but than it re-redirects to the edit page..