A mild drama unfolded at the presidential election petition court on Wednesday as factional leaders clashed over seating arrangements, sparking a heated confrontation. Lamidi Apapa, the factional national chairman of the Labour Party (LP), encountered Akin Osuntokun, the director-general of Peter Obi’s presidential campaign council, upon Apapa’s arrival in the courtroom.
The altercation erupted as the courtroom doors opened for lawyers and litigants at approximately 8:05 am, signaling the start of the day’s proceedings. Osuntokun and other prominent party figures had already taken their seats in the plaintiffs’ gallery when Apapa and his colleagues approached them, demanding that they vacate their seats. Apapa claimed that, as the legitimate head of the Labour Party, he had the right to sit in the plaintiffs’ gallery.
