Browsing: Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa

At the valedictory session of the 9th Senate last Saturday, a ‘Most distinguished’ (as they address themselves) told his colleagues that many owe their stay in the green chambers to the ‘benevolence’ of his wife, a retired judicial officer. Despite the best efforts of the (now former) Senate President Ahmad Lawan to apply the ‘off the mic’ principle to gag the father-confessor, the damage to the reputation of the Nigerian judiciary was already done.  

Reactions have trailed Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa’s confession that he influenced his wife’s decisions, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, who was President of the Appeal Court between April 2014 and March 2020, to deliver judgments in favour of his colleagues.