Chuks Okocha in Abuja
The Abuja home of the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, was yesterday gutted by a mysterious fire while the family was asleep.
A statement by the National Publicity Secretary Obiora Ifoh, stated that the incident took place early in the morning of yesterday.
Ifoh said the mysterious fire started a few minutes after 1amwhile Abure and the members of his family were asleep.
The spokesman of the Labour Party said, “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,” Ifoh’s statement stated.
He said it took divine intervention for Abure and his family to escape after neighbours and security men 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,” he explained.
