{"id":75790,"date":"2025-09-28T15:47:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T15:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=75790"},"modified":"2025-09-28T15:47:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T15:47:35","slug":"labour-party-demands-probe-over-alleged-attack-on-party-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/09\/28\/labour-party-demands-probe-over-alleged-attack-on-party-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour Party Demands Probe Over Alleged Attack on Party Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Labour Party (LP), has alleged that its National Chairman, Julius Abure, was physically attacked by a woman at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Friday, describing the incident as a politically motivated attempt to intimidate him and destabilize the party.<\/p>\n

According to the LP, the woman, identified as Precious Oruche, popularly known as Mama P, confronted Abure while he awaited a Max Air flight to Benin.<\/p>\n

Eyewitnesses said the altercation quickly escalated, attracting the attention of passengers, flight attendants, and airport security.<\/p>\n

The party further alleged that Mama P pursued Abure onto the plane and continued the confrontation until the flight landed in Benin.<\/p>\n

LP spokesperson, Obiora Ifoh, condemned the incident, insisting it was more than a random altercation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a coordinated act aimed at harassing and embarrassing our chairman. We believe certain anti-democratic forces are behind it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Passengers described the incident as tense and embarrassing. One eyewitness, Michael, said, \u201cAt first, I thought it was a personal issue, but then I realized it was the Labour Party chairman. It was disturbing to see him treated that way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another witness, Funke, warned that the safety of political leaders and by extension citizens was increasingly at risk.<\/p>\n

The party has called on security agencies to investigate and bring those responsible to book.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbure deserves protection, not humiliation. We cannot allow political violence to become normalized,\u201d the LP stated.<\/p>\n

Human rights lawyer, Barr. Nkiru Eze, echoed the concerns, cautioning that unchecked assaults on political leaders could erode democratic norms.<\/p>\n

\u201cViolence is not protest. If this continues, it could lead to dangerous outcomes,\u201d she warned.<\/p>\n

Political analyst, Dr. Tunde Akintola, added that the incident underscored Nigeria\u2019s rising political toxicity.<\/p>\n

As of press time, neither the police nor the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), had commented on the matter. Attempts to reach Mama P for a response were unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

The Labour Party, already grappling with internal disputes and legal battles, views the incident as another attempt to undermine its stability.<\/p>\n

The confrontation has also reignited debate over the safety of political actors, the boundaries of dissent, and the growing fragility of Nigeria\u2019s democratic space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata   The Labour Party (LP), has alleged that its National Chairman, Julius Abure, was physically attacked by a woman at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Friday, describing the incident as a politically motivated attempt to intimidate him and destabilize the party. According to the LP, the woman, identified as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":75791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75792,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75790\/revisions\/75792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}