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The crisis rocking the Labour Party, LP, took a major dimension on the night of Wednesday with an alleged attack on the Abuja residence of the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure.
The attack was carried out by yet-to-be-identified assailants.
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The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh, in a statement in Abuja, alleged that Abure escaped “an assassination attempt at his residence.”
Ifoh said: “His (Abure’s) residence was also gutted by a mysterious fire, which started a few minutes after 1 a.m. while Abure and the members of his family were asleep.
A member of the family, who narrated the incident, said that the family was woken up by neighbours and security 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 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 and made a 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.”
As of press time, it was not clear if the matter had been officially reported to the men, of the Nigerian Police Force.
