Some delegates
at the national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have engaged
themselves in a fist fight.
The Cable
reports that the delegates threw brooms and the party’s symbol at each other.
On its
part, Channels TV reports that trouble started among Imo state delegates before
spreading to the Delta state delegates.
According
to the report, the clash between delegates from Imo was soon brought under
control by security officials after some time but that among Delta delegates
was more intense.
Chairs
were said to have been thrown with several people sustaining injuries. The
fracas occurred despite the heavy security presence at the venue of the
convention which has President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo,
and the who is who of the party.
The Cable
reports that the fight actually broke out just as President Buhari made his
speech before Chairman of the convention committee Abubakar Badaru, governor of
Jigawa state, took the stand to declared Adams Oshiomhole as the new unopposed
chairman of the ruling party.
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