- As Party Alleges Assassination Attempt
By Halimah Olamide
The Abuja residence of the National Chairman of Labour Party Julius Abure has been gutted my fire on Wednesday.
A statement by Obiorah Ifoh, the National Publicity secretary of the party said in a statement that Abure and his family were sleeping when the fire started at about 1am.
“According to a member of the family who narrated the incidence, the family was woken up by neighbours and security men living in the compound who raised the alarm.
@The entire family were trapped as the inferno had reached the staircase making it impossible for Abure and 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 ways for the family to escape.
“Men of the Fire Service arrived shortly after Abure and his family were evacuated.
Raising allegations of assassination attempt, Ifoh said there was an attempt on his life.
He however didn’t give details of how attempt took place.