The Labour Party has reacted to the alleged physical attack on its National Chairman, Julius Abure, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Recall that Abure was attacked by a woman identified as Precious Oruche, popularly known as Mama P, at the airport.
Reacting via a press statement signed by the Labour Party’s spokesperson, Obiora Ifoh, the party said that Abure was quietly standing in line to board a Max Air flight to Benin when Mama P suddenly pounced on him.
According to Obiora, it is obvious that anti-democratic elements sponsored the assault on the Labour Party chairman because his attacker kept ignoring pleas from flight attendants to calm down as she confronted Abure on board.
Ifoh stated that the physical assault continued even after the flight landed in Benin.
“The attacker, Madam P, who is also a known content creator, continued the attack all throughout the duration of the flight, defying all attempts by the Max Air flight attendants to calm her. The assault, which attracted a large number of onlookers, continued on disembarkation at the Benin Airport while she kept recording the scene,” it read.
He further accused Mama P of releasing a video to boast of her connections, describing the incident as a suicidal aggression that was politically motivated.
Ifoh concluded by urging its members not to retaliate but to remain calm pending the outcome of police investigations.
“In one of her films released, the lady claimed that she has contacts with the highest police hierarchy, boasted that nothing will happen to her, and vowed that she will not stop attacking Abure or any member of the Labour Party executive because, according to her, ‘you have killed Labour Party and you are the reason why Obi is no longer in the Labour Party.
We sincerely believe that the lady-agent was on an assignment to accomplish the desires of her paymasters. Assault and cyber-bullying are severe crimes under our laws, and we think that the Police must fish out her sponsors and cohorts, and bring them to book.
We are calling on members of the Labour Party to be calm, even in the face of this unwarranted provocation, and wait for the outcome of the investigation into the unprovoked attack against the leadership of the party,” it added.
