Some delegates at the ongoing 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.
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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.
Source: Naija.ng
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