The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, has been alleged to have escaped an assassination attempt on him at his Abuja residence on Wednesday morning.
It was gathered that his residence was also gutted by a mysterious fire that started a few minutes after 1:00 am while Abure and the members of his family were fast asleep.
A member of Abure’s family who narrated the incident said the family was woken up by neighbours and security men living in the compound who raised the alarm.
The entire family was said to have been trapped as the inferno had reached the staircase making it impossible for Abure and his family to escape.
The National Publicity Secretary of the party Obiora Ifoh who confirmed the incident said, 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 to make way for the family to escape.
He said the 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,” Ifoh said.
