Chaos as Lawyer Appears in Court in Native Attire

Agency Report/

A lawyer caused a stir today during sitting at a Yola High Court when he showed up for work in native attire.

Clad in the traditional dress, Ibrahim Waley reportedly joined other lawyers wearing their formal gown and wig at the front row.

According to a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent at the court, Waley, who arrived the crowded courtroom while judgement was being delivered, took his seat at the wrong place, to the surprise of those in court.

As at the time of his arrival, judgement was being delivered on a suit filed by some aggrieved All Progressives Congress (APC) members seeking the nullification of the recent congresses conducted by the party in the state.

Looking confident that he was in the midst of his colleagues, Waley rebuffed entreaties by a journalist who offered him an alternative seat, insisting that as a lawyer, he must sit in the front row like other lawyers.

Attracted by his noise, a court staff approach and pleaded with him to accept the offer of the journalist, but he declined.

Attempt to convince Ibrahim to sit on other alternative seats, or leave the courtroom since all the front seats were occupied by lawyers, resulted in a heated argument, making Justice Abdul-Azeez Waziri suspend the reading of his judgement briefly, as he called for order.

After being forced out of the court, Ibrahim continued to protest what he described as an infringement on his right to sit in the front row.