Reno Omokri, a well-known social media influencer and former Goodluck Jonathan adviser, has denounced the attack on Lamidi Apapa, the head of the Labour Party’s factional committee, at the Presidential Petition Tribunal.
On Wednesday, Omokri made this information public via his verified Twitter account.
According to Anaedoonline, Apapa was attacked by Julius Abure’s followers not long after the two got into a fight over who would sit where at the trial.
Presidential Tribunal: Rebel Lamidi Apapa Almost Lynched Out Of Court (Video)
In response to the situation, Omokri stated that it would have been preferable to ignore Apapa rather than to criticize him for having political differences.
He emphasized that the incident had demonstrated that some Nigerians, including some officers of the Nigeria Police Force, have a history of demeaning their fellow people.
“Almost daily, Nigerians come on social media to complain about police brutality. But look at what Nigerians did to Lamidi Apapa, a factional national chairman of the Labour Party at the PEPC today. If many of us are given the power the police have, we will do far worse than their complained behaviour. There is a Seun Kuti in most of us. It would have even been better to have ignored Lamidi Apapa if you disagreed with him. Treat him like a pariah. But to mob him in front of a court? Very undemocratic,” he wrote.
On Wednesday, the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal resumed hearing in a case brought by Peter Obi, a candidate for the Labour Party who was challenging Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s election victory on February 25. The hearing was postponed till Friday in the interim.
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