[Hassan Joho and Hassan Omar.(Photo/Internet.com)]
Lawyers representing Mombasa governor Hassan Joho and former senator Hassan Omar collided openly during an election petition filed by Omar.
Omar has filed an application seeking the Judge hearing the petition to disqualify herself from the case.
The former senator accused the judge, Lydia Achode of open bias and double standards in handling applications.
It all started when Joho's lawyer Mohammed Balala was seeking orders for the court to summon Omar for re-cross examination, a move that was opposed by petitioner's lawyer Yusuf Abubakar.
This led to names calling with Balala terming the former senator and his advocate "bullies" who want to intimidate the court and lawyers.
"Omar has been hiding behind a sheet of paper and the court should call him out and tell him to physical make his allegations". Balala said.
The charging lawyer further said Omar has been bashing the court on social media, a move aimed at intimidating the judge and Joho's lawyers.
"It is an attack by someone who claims to have gone to school and graduated to a lawyer," Balala said.
He noted that Omar and his supporters had transferred the court to an outside forum moreso on social media.
"The petitioner is smelling defeat and he has now taken the fight to social media," he added.
But Omar's lawyer replayed that they had followed all due process in presenting their case.
However, justice Achode threw out the application terming the application as sideshows.