Nigerians on social media have reacted to the viral video of two lawyers engaging in a physical fight inside a courtroom in Enugu State.
In the video making the rounds, the two lawyers were seen in a heated verbal exchange at one of the Customary Court Divisions in Enugu.
The incident is reported to have occurred at the Customary Court, Obukpa, Nsukka, Enugu State.
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.”
nnekaopara3: “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: “This is what my forefathers used to call Lawyer Eliza….. means: Charge and bail Lawyers.”
shebrandsart: “My Lord, With all due respect, my learned colleagues mind won’t stand upright!”
queenof_shebaa: “Lawyers be acting no different from Zazzoo The Portable.”
ruggedybaba: “I guess its the judge that was recording”
kpakpando_28: “Ara agbala my lord and learned colleague.”
shakar_el: “If legal no work maybe physical go settle am.”
tcexquisitelooks: “What kind of chair is that. the environment alone is chaotic, why won’t they fight?”