Abure was arrested on Wednesday in Benin City, the Edo State capital, on allegations of premeditated attempted murder, amongst other alleged infractions.
The Labour Party chairman’s arrest followed a petition by the LP Youth Leader, Comrade Eragbe Anselm Aphimia, stating that on 28th of December, his team flew into Benin City Airport as part of an official 5-member delegation authorised by the Acting National Chairman of the Labour Party, Alhaji Lamidi Basiru Apapa.
Aphimia noted that he was received by one Mrs Mary Okheime Newberry, who falsely claimed to be providing transportation and accommodation on behalf of unnamed stakeholders, unknown to him that she was plotting a sinister and gruesome ambush.
The youth leader further said they were later violently attacked just outside the hotel gates where they lodged
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