Fire on Wednesday morning gutted the residence of the Labour Party National Chairman, Julius Abure, in Abuja.
The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, said in a statement the fire started a few minutes after 1:00 a.m. when Abure and members of his family were asleep.
He said: “The entire family was trapped as the inferno had reached the staircase making it impossible for Abure and family to escape.