Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested the embattled National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure.

Abure was arrested on Wednesday, in Benin City, the Edo State capital, on allegations of premeditated attempted murder amongst other alleged infractions.

THEWILL reports that his arrest followed a petition by the LP Youth Leader, Comrade Eragbe Anselm Aphimia.

Addressed to the Commissioner of Police, Edo State Command, the Petition dated February 13, reads: “I, Comrade Eragbe Anselm, write to you with utmost urgency and grave concern regarding a heinous act of violence perpetrated against me on the 29th of December 2023.

“I am a member and National Youth Leader of the Labour Party (LP) in Nigeria, and the events I am about to recount are of utmost importance for justice and the safety of individuals involved in political activities.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

“On December 28, 2023, I flew into Benin City Airport around 2 p.m. as part of an official 5-member delegation authorised by the Acting National Chairman of the Labour Party, Alhaji Lamidi Basiru Apapa.

“Our mission was to organise Ward, LGA, and State Congresses in Edo State, as well as supervise the sale of nomination forms for various posts, as mandated by INEC guidelines, within the stipulated time frames.

“On arrival at the Benin Airport, I was received by one Mrs Mary Okheime Newberry, who falsely claimed to be providing transportation and accommodation on behalf of unnamed “stakeholders.”

“She proceeded to lodge us at the Smart Homes Hotel, unknown to us that she was plotting a sinister and gruesome ambush. The next morning, a man named Austin Emeka came to pick me and my colleague, Mr Patrick Anethua, up from the hotel lobby, pretending to take us to a meeting venue. Instead, we were violently attacked just outside the hotel gates by a waiting mob.

DETAILS OF THE GRUESOME ATTACK

“The exact timing and sequence of events leave no doubt that this attack was meticulously premeditated for maximum vicious impact. As we exited the hotel gates, a gang of over 60 armed thugs appeared from hiding and completely surrounded our vehicle, blocking any escape. Before we could react, they began smashing the car windows using axes, machetes, and sticks. They rained heavy blows on me and Mr. Anethua with murderous intent. We were dragged out, bleeding and defenceless, convinced we were taking our last breaths. The videos, which I have attached to this petition, show the crazed mob bellowing that Julius Abure was the only national chairman they recognised. They categorically stated that they would kill me for belonging to Alhaji Apapa’s faction and would also murder Apapa if they found him in Edo State.

“This conclusively proves a political assassination attempt sponsored and masterminded by Julius Abure and one Kelly Ogbaloi, who claims to be the State Chairman of the Party, with clear instructions to completely prevent the ward congresses from taking place at any cost through violence.

“The entire sequence of the ambush was coordinated by Kelly Ogbaloi’s suspended Public Relations Officer, one Sam Uropa, who can be distinctly identified in videos directing the mob during the assassination attempt.

“By feigning ignorance and planning our movement, Mrs Okheime and Mr Emeka played crucial roles in deliberately trapping us in the ambush based on inside knowledge of our itinerary. Their actions thoroughly implicate them as co-conspirators in implementing the assassination plot masterminded by Abure and Ogbaloi.

“The videos show the mob openly mentioning my official designation as National Youth Leader of the Apapa faction as the reason why they wished to snuff the life out of my body. Thus, the underlying motive was unambiguously political. Abure and Ogbaloi engineered this murderous ambush as a desperate tactic to violently disrupt the legitimate organisational activities of our Party in Edo State using maximum force.

INVENTORY OF VALUABLES AND CASH ROBBED

“The videos irrefutably document that the mob did not just assault us but also shamelessly robbed us of valuables and cash worth millions of Naira at the scene of the crime. This exposes their role as common criminals in addition to being implements of political terrorism. The items stolen from our persons included my HP Envy laptop worth over N2.1 million, a Tecno Camon mobile phone worth N500,000, as well as $75,000 in cash, set aside specifically for financing the logistics of the impending state congress mobilisation activities. Additionally, they deprived me of two custom medicated eyeglasses costing N400,000, along with other items like wristwatches, chains, perfumes, ID cards, and cash totalling over N1.9 million belonging to both Mr Anethua and myself. The grand total of cash and items robbed exceeds N4.9 million and $75,000. The daylight robbery of such huge sums of cash proves that Abure and Ogbaloi motivated the gang through assurances of generous looting of valuables.

“This investigation should interrogate their regional thug leaders and local goons to trace this stolen cash and understand their corrupted system of dispensing violence, crime, and terror as political favours.

CONSCIOUS THREATS TO NATIONAL SECURITY AND ELECTORAL INTEGRITY

“As if the heinous crimes of attempted murder/political assassination, causing grievous bodily harm, criminal conspiracy, and robbery were not enough, Abure and Ogbaloi continue to brazenly flout the restraining order of April 5, 2023, by the FCT High Court, barring them from parading as Labour Party officials after proof of their forgeries and impersonation of party officers. They stand indicted for various offences by several competent Nigerian courts and the Nigerian police, following forensic investigations, uncovered their forgeries, lies, and fraudulent misrepresentations.

PRAYERS AND DEMANDS

“In light of the overwhelming evidence implicating them, which includes video, audio, photos, multiple eyewitnesses, victims’ testimonies, and their established prior pattern of lawlessness, I strongly demand the following:

1. The immediate arrest, via covert operations, if needed, of masterminds Barrister Julius Abure and Comrade Kelly Ogbaloi as the prime suspects who commissioned, sponsored, planned, authorised, and orchestrated the attempted assassination of Mr. Anethua and myself.

2. Arrest and interrogation of their loyal agents, including but not limited to Comrade Sam Uropa (08064797804), Mrs. Mary Okheime Newberry, Ken Omusi (07032733420), Jeff Scott-Emuakpor (07056452432), “Lucious” (07060496671), Franklin (08164084137) and Mr. Austin Emeka, who played indispensable roles in trapping me, tracking my movements, and the final execution of the violent ambush.

3. Identification and arrest of all 60 thugs involved in perpetrating the attack using video evidence that clearly shows their faces. CCTV footage from the hotel and surrounding areas will also expose the criminals.

4. Interrogation of the above suspects to identify and prosecute every single sponsor of this attack at the LGA, State, and National levels within the Labour Party ecosystem.

5. Immediate freezing of financial assets and bank accounts of Abure, Ogbaloi, and other prime suspects to enable tracing of the funds used to organise, mobilise, and deploy the armed mob for this crime.

6. Prompt prosecution of Abure, Ogbaloi, and all the identified suspects for criminal conspiracy, attempted murder, causing grievous bodily harm, armed robbery, malicious damage to property, and other relevant offences.

7. Investigation into the role of any INEC officials, staff, and insiders who may have illegally colluded with Abure and Ogbaloi in furtherance of their crimes by flouting the judicial restraining order.

8. Intervention to sanitise the Labour Party structure across the country by ridding it of all corrupt and violent elements with criminality running through their veins, who are essentially desecrating the party’s ideals, ethos, constitution, and democratic principles.

9. Provide me and other stakeholders with matching armed security to prevent victimisation, as we reorganise and rebuild the Labour Party to abide by its founding values of justice, transparency, and internal democracy.

“I respectfully urge you to urgently intervene with your full constitutional powers as law enforcement to apprehend and prosecute Abure, Ogbaloi, and their hired goons who have openly declared disdain for the law through this brazen and barbaric attack.

“Their violent actions and deceit threaten the peace, safety, lives and constitutional order. Decisive action against them will prove that no entity is above the law. Justice must be served most expeditiously.

“I am available and willing to provide any additional information and/or evidence that may help accelerate your investigations and bring same to swift closure.

“I remain confident in your avowed commitment to law, order, justice and accountability and look forward to a thorough, professional and objective outcome.”

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Revolution or nothing, don't be deceived by any of these people, they are all the same.

Abure atrocities are so many and there is no way he won't pay for one of them one day

IPeter girigory Obi made chairman of the party to pass votes of confidence on him without investigating of the allegations leveled against him

Good riddance of rubbish

KingKO22:

Painment all over you 😜😜😜😜😜

After Abure na Pandora Obituary will be arrested and send to jail.

Nothing go happens,
Coward people that can't rescue MNK can't do nothing 😜😜😜😜😜

Don't mind the boy.

yarimo:
This is very commendable from the police, the next fraudster to be arrested is OBI

Gbamsolutely.

Sisi Yewande of at dem MANNA says.....

Eni amori iba ku............

Generation1:
......Ko kan mi

She says 'you are a correct guy'!
👍 😉

Nawa o! Problem everywhere.

Hmmmm

set up

Attempted wetin......

anonymous1759:
Party of saints shame will not allow some people to criticize this man even if they know he’s corrupt but they’ve to guts to ginger people supporting BAT .
As long as you’re supporting any political party in Nigeria don’t criticize anyone there’s no saint or a lesser evil amongst them .

It’s obvious their packaged fraud bought his presidential ticket with dollars yet it’s only Tinubu’s and other parties own they’ll criticize.

As long as we’re not ready to criticize genuinely I’ll never lend my support to headless Mob , they’ll never criticize what they like never and yet they’re claiming that they love Nigeria more or sincere than anyone else .

Olachase:
have you all seen the treading picture of Abure the Labour party chairman
imagine if Labour Party had won, they could have listed Nigeria on Jiji by now

the stealing would be loud
laslas all those guys are criminal
na person papa them day drag for ground like this

Don't mind them.
Party of thieves and looters headed by a fraud....

If Peter Obi leave labour party now, all these issues go just dissappear.

*Please Takenote*:

Repent and depart from sin. Whenever you sin and regret your sin, turn to God immediately, don't waste time. Don't think your sin is too bad for God to forgive

1John.1.9 - If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

The evil one often uses sin and the guilt of sin to keep people in bondage, don't fall victim to that.

Rom.8.1 - There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

Confess and return to God immediately and stay repented and God will help you overcome all sins.

Remain blessed.

Unless some of those who participated the attack on him confirm that they were sent by Mr Abure and there is corroborating evidence to that effect, this Petition does not establish a direct link to Mr Abure.

It is perfectly feasible that those who attacked him acted on their own volition, or are masterminded by people other than Mr Abure.

That the perpetrators are supporters of Mr Abure's faction does not directly implicate him, unless there is evidence that he orchestrated, ordered, supported, or organised the perpetrators.

Omo

Lol.. nigeria has failed.. totalled

Abure and Lp

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Politics nah ur mate?
Bad addiction can reduced your level of efficiency..kick it out now with our 120days solution via my signature

Whatever position or power bestowed on you, always watch your action.

$75k stolen from you? Liar!!!

EreluRoz:
Revolution or nothing, don't be deceived by any of these people, they are all the same.

We said that before that apc pdp and lp are all bird of the same feather.. but hypocrisy wobt allow una.
The last election sowore dey there o but na elupee hypocrisy dem choose

Hehe Tinubu want to distract una from hunger

EreluRoz:
Revolution or nothing, don't be deceived by any of these people, they are all the same.

Swears!!! Ds pipo dey take us for granted...

K

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Sisi Yewande of at dem MANNA says.....

Eni amori iba ku............

Ko kan mi

DeLaRue:
Unless some of those who participated the attack on him confirm that they were sent by Mr Abure and there is corroborating evidence to that effect, this Petition does not establish a direct link to Mr Abure.

It is perfectly feasible that those who attacked him acted on their own volition, or are masterminded by people other than Mr Abure.

I believe you can not know.more than the person who wrote the petition. He is the Victim, so let's wait for the other party to respond to allegation before we start jourdging.

That's all what the Losers Party are good at. Violence, fake news, cyber bullying, intimidation of the judiciary, death threats and all other bad social vices.

From the National Chairman who is a born crook to the presidential candidate who is a super statistical fraudster to all their members and supporters

It just cascades down..

Tufiakwa for these gbajue party

Chai..



...and the new news upon Abure has begun!!





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