The factional chairman of the Labour Party, Lamidi Apapa, was mobbed by supporters of Peter Obi at the presidential election petition court on Wednesday.
Apapa was mobbed by youths that were at the court to witness proceedings in the petition that Mr. Obi filed to challenge the outcome of the presidential election held on February 25.
Shortly after the Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel adjourned the petition till Friday for continuation of the pre-hearing session, Apapa, while stepping out of the courtroom, made attempt to address the media.
He positioned himself before the waiting cameras, after Peter Obi’s lead counsel, Dr. Livy Uzoukwu (SAN), finished speaking to newsmen on what transpired during the court session.
Just as Apapa was getting set for questions, a group of youths that identified themselves as “Obidients”, pushed him away from the cameras, insisting that he lacked the right to speak for the party.
In the commotion that ensued, with Apapa being pushed back and forth by the aggrieved youths, his ‘Agbada’ was torn even as someone snatched his cap from his head.
It took the intervention of armed security operatives to pull the factional LP, who appeared helpless, away from the mob.
He was subsequently taken into protective custody by policemen attached to the court.
OduNews had earlier reported that the campaign director of the Peter Obi presidential council, Akin Osuntokun and Apapa engaged in a heated argument in the court premises earlier on Wednesday.
