A potentially life-threatening situation was narrowly avoided on Wednesday when Julius Abure, National Chairman of the Labour Party, along with his family, narrowly escaped a fire incident at their official residence in Abuja.
The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, revealed this in a statement, suggesting that the incident might have been an assassination attempt.
While noting that neither Abure nor his family suffered serious injuries, Ifoh mentioned that the victims were promptly taken to a private medical facility for treatment.
The statement read, “The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Barrister Julius Abure, early this morning allegedly escaped an assassination attempt on him at his Abuja residence. His residence was also gutted by a mysterious fire, which started a few minutes after 1 am. while Abure and the members of his family were asleep.
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“According to a member of the family, who narrated the incident, the family was woken up by neighbours and seurity men living in the compound who raised the alarm. The entire family was trapped as the inferno had reached the staircase, making it impossible for Abure and his family to escape.
“However, it took divine intervention for the national chairman and his family to escape after neighbours and security men gallantly pulled down one of the windows upstairs, making way for the family to escape.
“Men of the fire service arrived shortly after Abure and his family were evacuated.
“Abure and his family were rushed to a private hospital where they are presently receiving treatment. Their condition is, however, stable.”
There has been an ongoing conflict between the Abure faction and the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over control of the Labour Party.
Recently, the NLC, led by Joe Ajaero, took over LP state offices across the country in a bid to oust Abure.
Abure claimed that NLC members vandalised party property and stole items during the protest.
