By John Alechenu, ABUJA
Supporters of the Labour Social gathering, LP, threw warning to the winds and engaged in an altercation on the home wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Worldwide Airport, Abuja, on Saturday.
Though the precise reason for the fracas remains to be unclear, nonetheless, on the centre of the storm are allegations of assaults by supporters of the get together’s erstwhile Nationwide Chairman, Julius Abure, on the one hand and a recognized member of the “Obidient Motion”, Ms. Valuable Oruche, recognized on social media as “Mama P”, on the opposite.
The Obidient Motion is the umbrella physique of supporters and assist teams loyal to the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Social gathering, Peter Obi.
“Mama P” had in, a Fb submit, accused Julius Abure’s supporters of main an unprovoked assault on her individual earlier than and after a flight from Abuja to Benin on Friday.
Nonetheless, Abure’s supporters in a press release signed by the factional LP Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, accused “Mama P” and “brokers of anti-democratic forces” of participating in uncivilised conduct.
He accused her of unprovoked verbal assault on Abure, earlier than and all through the mentioned flight.
Ifoh mentioned: “The management of the Labour Social gathering is perplexed by the bodily assault on our Nationwide Chairman, Barrister Julius Abure by brokers suspected to be working for anti-democratic components who’ve tried unsuccessfully to wrestle the management of the get together from him.
“Few hours in the past, a distinguished member of a recognized political household, Ms Valuable Oruche, alias ‘Mama P’ accosted Barrister Abure whereas on a queue on the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport Abuja, boarding a Max Air flight en-route Benin, and attacked the Labour Social gathering’s Nationwide Chairman unprovoked.
“The attacker, Madam P, who can be a recognized content material creator, continued the assault all by way of the length of the flight, defying all makes an attempt by the Max Air flight attendants to calm her.
“The assault, which attracted giant inhabitants of onlookers, continued unabated on disembarkment on the Benin Airport, whereas she continued recording the scene.
“It took the intervention of the safety brokers available to whisk Abure to security whereas the attacker was handed over to the police for questioning.
“In certainly one of her movies launched, the girl who’s a distinguished member of the ‘Obidient’ and claimed that she has contacts with the very best lolice hierarchy, boasted that nothing will occur to her.
“She vowed that she is not going to cease attacking Abure or any member of the Labour Social gathering govt as a result of, based on her, “you’ve gotten killed Labour Social gathering and you’re the motive why Obi is not within the Labour Social gathering”.
“The management of the Labour Social gathering is totally troubled with this cyber bullying and the results of the motion of this political agent on the get together.
“We’re by this assertion, calling on the Inspector Basic of Police to totally examine this suicidal aggression towards the management of the Labour Social gathering and Barrister Julius Abure specifically.
“We sincerely consider that the lady-agent was on an project to perform the wishes of her pay masters.
“Assault and cyber-bullying are extreme crimes below our legal guidelines and we predict that the Police should fish out her sponsors and cohorts, and produce them to books.
“We’re calling on the members of the Labour Social gathering to be calm, even within the face of this unwarranted provocation and look forward to the result of the investigation on the unprovoked assault towards the management of the get together.”
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