The national chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure who was arrested yesterday in Benin, Edo State has been released on bail.
According to spokesperson for the Nigeria Police Force Zone 5, Tijani Momoh, Abure and four other people were detained for attempted murder, illegal possession of firearms, and other related offences.
After his release around 2am on Thursday, Abure termed his arrest as part of the consequences for his struggle to liberate the people.
He said his persecution, meant to destabilize the party, started after the general election in 2023.
Abure, who berated the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), for making life unbearable for Nigerians disclosed that since the February 2023 general elections, detractors of the LP had not relented in instigating crises within the party, adding that several petitions bothering on frivolous accusations had been written against him.
He also said the state chairman, Kelly Ogbaloi, and the state youth leader were still being held and would likely be released later today.
He said, “Any person that is aggrieved in the party, they go and instigate them to write a petition against us. The irony is that the police even act on those, and at the end of the day, they discover that those things are false.
“Yesterday, we were making arrangements for the Edo State primaries and of course, the police swooped on us and arrested us over what I will not want to discuss now because the investigation is still going on and therefore, we would not want to preempt them.
“But I must state clearly that following several interventions, they have graciously released me on bail except for the Edo State Chairman of the party, Kelly Ogbaloi and the youth leader. They (police) have also promised that by the early hours of Thursday, they will release them. We are hoping that they will fulfil their promise and release them.
