Nigerians React As Lawyers Clash During Court Session [Video]

Eko Hot Blog reports that Nigerians on social media have reacted to the viral video of two lawyers engaging in a physical fight at a courtroom in Enugu State.

In the now-viral video posted on X by @ChidiOdinkalu, two lawyers were seen in a heated verbal exchange at one of the Customary Court Division in Enugu

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The legal practitioners could be seen threatening each other with physical violence and at one point lifting and brandishing chairs, indicating the confrontation could become physical.

The video has elicited reactions from Nigerians with many condemning the embarrassing incident, while others noted that the aggression of the lawyers show a lack of professional ethics.

One observer noted the altercation mirrored “motor park touts.”

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These members of @NigBarAssoc display their extraordinary forensic capabilities before what is believed to be a Customary Court somewhere in Enugu, SE #Nigeria…. It is not a #MockTrial by the way. pic.twitter.com/m4Oob7Kxt2

— Chidi Odinkalu, CGoF (@ChidiOdinkalu) October 11, 2023

nnekaopara3 wrote; “Some of them are on hypertension medication n still won’t have sense to manage their health by avoiding issues like this,small push now Dem go just slump.”

ivapaisly wrote; “This is what my forefathers used to call Lawyer Eliza….. means: Charge and bail Lawyers.”

shebrandsart wrote; “My Lord, With all due respect, my learned colleagues mind won’t stand upright!”

queenof_shebaa wrote; “Lawyers be acting no different from Zazzoo The Portable.”

kpakpando_28 wrote; “Ara agbala my lord and learned colleague.”

shakar_el wrote; “If legal no work maybe physical go settle am.”

tcexquisitelooks wrote;

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