Two factions of opposition Labour Party on Wednesday clashed in court at the ongoing legal battle arising from the 2023 presidential election.
Trouble started when some loyal members of Julius Abure led faction attempted to prevent factional chairman, Lamidi Apapa from sitting on a seat inside the court.
Nationwide Reports saw a young man telling Apapa that the seat was reserved for the chairman of the party buy Apapa insisted that he is the chairman and therefore sat down on the seat.
The matter took a dramatic turn after the hearing of the case when same supporters of Abure faction barred journalists from interviewing Apapa.
The group waited to block the interview with Apapa and booed him while chanting “ole.”
The situation became worse that the police had to ward off the protestors who followed him out and blocked him from entering his car or leaving the premises.
Earlier today, the Presidential Election Petition court refused to recognize any representative of the Labour Party except the 1st petitioner, Peter Obi, who was in court.
However, some members of the Lamidi Apapa-led faction said they were shocked that members of the party loyal to Julius Abure were in the court, as according to them, the ruling of a High Court of the FCT, suspending the Abure-led faction has not been vacated.
The Federal High Court, Abuja had recently suspended Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party over alleged forgery of documents including court documents.