NBA fumes as two lawyers fight with chairs in Enugu court [VIDEO]

<p>It was a show of shame at the Customary Court in Obukpa town, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State as two lawyers got into a physical fight.</p>, <p>The action of the lawyers left litigants and court officials bewildered.</p>, <p>It was not clear what led to the squabble, but other lawyers and court officials made frantic efforts to control the situation.</p>, <p>A viral video obtained by DAILY POST on Thursday, showed the two lawyers lifting chairs and shouting on top of their voices.</p>, <p>The two lawyers, names withheld, are both from the area.</p>, <p>As the altercation worsened, one of the lawyers was heard saying, “He is a very small boy… He is a mad man.”</p>, <p>The second lawyer warned, “Touch me again…”</p>, <p>“Who touched you. Look at this mad man,” the first lawyer said.</p>, <p>He later started walking out of the courtroom.</p>, <p>“Look at you. You have bleached yourself like a fool. You have bleached yourself like a woman,” the second lawyer said to his colleague’s retreating figure.</p>, <p>When DAILY POST reached out to the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Nsukka branch, Barr Ferdinand Ugochukwu Ukwueze, he described the action of the lawyers as embarrassing.</p>, <p>“The bar is trying to find out what happened that led to that unfortunate display of some recklessness.</p>, <p>“We are looking into it really,” he said.</p>, <p>When asked whether there would be sanctions, Ukwueze answered in the affirmative.</p>, <p>According to him, “certainly because it doesn’t represent the nobility with which we are known.</p>, <p>“Once we get to the root of the matter, the bar at the national level, our disciplinary committee will step in.”</p>, <p></p>, <p></p>