As they arrived at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal meeting in Abuja, pictures of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi and party national chairman Julius Abure have surfaced online.
Also seen in court to observe the ongoing hearings were a few members of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council and party supporters.
Days after being jeered at and humiliated by Obidients, the LP candidate’s followers, Lamidi Apapa, the party’s factional national leader, was also spotted in court.
Recall that there was a mild drama on Wednesday morning at the tribunal as the LP factional chairman was booed and humiliated out of the premises of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Wednesday by party supporters.
WITHIN NIGERIA reports that Apapa was immediately taken into protective custody by men of the Nigeria Police following an attempt by party supporters to attack him.
Upon his arrival at the Court of Appeal, Apapa confronted the Director-General of Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Akin Osuntokun, over the sitting arrangement in court.
The situation was brought under control after the intervention of the Secretary of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, Josephine Ekperobe. However, things became heated again after the court adjourned the proceedings till Friday, May 19.