The appearance of the factional chairman of the Labour Party at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday in Abuja was met with boos and jeers.
Members of the party in the camp of the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure taunted Apapa.
The incident occurred outside the Appeal Court, venue of the Tribunal sitting at the nation’s Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Apapa was led out of the premises by a policeman amid the loud boos of party members.
Earlier, there was drama as the Tribunal resumed pre-hearing of the petition of LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi against the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu.
The disagreement between the two camps of the Labour Party on which group should be in court happened just when the Tribunal commenced sitting.
Labour Party leadership crisis hit a new all time high after a faction of the party strongly resisted journalists from interviewing the Lamidi Apapa-led group chanting “Ole” pic.twitter.com/TAEIz451F5
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