LP alerts setting Abure’s house on fire was to kill him and his entire family
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Attack on the home of Julius Abure in Abuja on Wednesday night is a sign the life of the Labour Party (LP) Chairman is under threat, thereby escalating the crisis in the party, its National Publicity Secretary has alerted.
Obiora Ifoh sounded the alarm in a statement in which he also alleged Abure had escaped “an assassination attempt at his residence” intended by the arsonists.
“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,” Ifoh recounted.
“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.
“Abure and his family were rushed to a private hospital where they are presently receiving treatment. Their condition is however stable.”
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