The Nigerian Bar Association, on Monday, asked the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to immediately invite and prosecute Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa over the latter\u2019s \u201cadmissions\u201d at the floor of the Senate on June 12, 2023.<\/p>\n
Bulkachuwa, who was the Senator representing Bauchi South in the Ninth National Assembly, had during the valedictory session said that he influenced judicial decisions in favour of some senators while his wife, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, was President of the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n
The senator had said, \u201cMy wife, whose freedom and independence I encroached upon while (she) was in office, and she has been very tolerant and accepted my encroachment and extended her help to my colleagues.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reacting after the 102nd meeting of the National Judicial Council on Wednesday, the NBA President, Yakubu Maikyau, in a statement, noted that Senator Bulkachuwa\u2019s statement made him liable to be investigated and prosecuted even on his admission.<\/p>\n
He said his comments came with a huge negative impact on the integrity and independence of the judiciary.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy attention was drawn to a viral video clip on social media, of the comments made by Senator Bulkachuwa on the floor of the Senate on Monday, June 12, 2023, at the valedictory session of the Senate of the ninth Assembly, before he was interrupted and stopped by the then Senate President Ahmed Lawan.<\/p>\n
\u201cSenator Bulkachuwa, in his remarks, amongst other things, referred to \u2018confidential dealings\u2019 he had had with some of his colleagues in the Senate, and went on to say: \u2018I look at faces in this chamber whom have come to me and sought for my help when my wife was the President of the Court of Appeal, and I\u2019m sure\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n
According to the NBA President, if the Senate President had not interrupted Senator Bulkachuwa, he would have made more vital\/useful revelations that would have provided specific details of the \u201cconfidential dealings of one sort or the other\u201d he allegedly had with some of his colleagues in which according to him, \u2018I did my best and in most cases, I succeeded.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cThe statements were clearly admissions by the Senator, that he did attempt to, and\/or actually perverted the course of justice\/interfered with due administration of justice, which makes him liable to be investigated and prosecuted even on his admission,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Describing Senator Bulkachuwa\u2019s comments as \u201cdisgusting and despicable conduct,\u201d Maikyau went further to state, \u201cIt is in this regard that I call on the Inspector General of Police and the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, to immediately invite Senator Bulkachuwa for interrogation and proceed to prosecute him accordingly.<\/p>\n
\u201cI shall write a letter to both the IGP and the ICPC Chairman in this respect.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Nigerian Bar Association, on Monday, asked the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to immediately invite and prosecute Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa over the latter\u2019s \u201cadmissions\u201d at the floor of the Senate on June 12, 2023. Bulkachuwa, who was the Senator representing Bauchi South in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t