 National Chairman, Julius Abure, has raised the alarm over the constant attacks on candidates of the party across the country,){kind=link}
Labour Party (LP) National Chairman, Julius Abure, has raised the alarm over the constant attacks on candidates of the party across the country, saying the safety of its candidates and members can no longer be guaranteed.
Lamenting the assassination of the LP House of Assembly candidate for Onuimo constituency of Imo State, Christopher Elehu on Friday by suspected hired killers, Abure recalled that the party’s woman leader in Kaduna State was also killed two months ago without anyone being held culpable.
According to him, the attacks are now becoming too many and worrisome, disclosing that his request for police protection has been ignored by the police high command, even when leaders and candidates of other political parties move around with detachment of police escorts.
Abure, in a statement on Saturday, also recalled that: “About six weeks ago, the senatorial candidate of our party in Ebonyi State was kidnapped after police took responsibility for his arrest. This was after days of his incarceration and suspect is now been released without any charges. The billboards of all our candidates across the country are being pulled down and destroyed.”