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Friendly game lost its friendliness: Lawyers throw punches at Abuja sport complex

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A friendly game between lawyers from Onitsha in Anambra State and their counterparts in Abuja turned ugly on Monday when they resorted to an exchange of punches.

A video of the incident is currently trending online. The video shows the officers at the Temple of Justice frantically chasing each other all over the field, delivering slaps and punches.

The video was uploaded by a presumed fellow lawyer who is known as ‘Lord Advocate of Nigeria’ on X (Twitter), with the handle,  @OHOgunbiyi.

He wrote: “Abuja Lawyers and Onitsha lawyers trading punches today at sports complex.”

Read some online reactions:

@seyfunmi: “Every year, NBA Naija version always proves that being literate doesn’t mean you can’t be shameless. If it is not theft, it will be fighting. Shey won fi she awon Agbejoro Naija ni? Awon alainironu alainitiju dede.”

@brisin_advocate: “They prefer out-of-court settlement.”

Foundational Nupe Lawyer @Egi_nupe_wrote: “We have too many touts in this profession. What’s this?”

Watch the clip on our Telegram Channel here

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