Nigeria’s senior lawyer, Rickey Tarfa is trending on Twitter today after 90 lawyers stormed the Lagos High Court on Tuesday to defend him against a two-count charge by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for obstruction of justice.
Some headlines got the facts wrong: The 90 lawyers were not all senior advocates of Nigeria. There were 15 of them, led by Chief Adeniyi Akintola. There were 75 other junior lawyers.
But Justice Aishat Opesanwo felt intimidated by the large number and said it was most unnecessary. She said the large number of wigs amounted to harassment and intimidation of the court.
Today, Nigerians expressed outrage over the ‘flooding’ of the court and some wonder where the value system of Nigeria has gone.
Here are some of the tweets:
One tweet however explains the reason for the presence of the lawyers in court: