He admitted to encroaching into his wife’s job to manipulate justice in favour of some senators.
Senator Bulkachuwa, the spouse of Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa, former President of the Nigeria Court of Appeal, was elected senator during the 2019 general elections on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC).
The Senate president, Ahmad Lawan, however, quickly stopped him, saying he does not think it was appropriate for the senator to make such comments.
He said: “Distinguished Senator, I don’t think that is the right route to go”
Recall that the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, had in 2019, filed an application asking Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa to recuse herself from the presidential election tribunal hearing their petition, against the election of President Muhammadu Buahri.
A motion filed by one Emmanuel Agbo, Atiku and the PDP had asked for an order to ensure that Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa recused herself from further sitting of the tribunal or participating in the proceedings in the petition and be replaced by another Justice of the Appeal Court.
The grounds for the appeal include that Justice Bulkachuwa was the wife of Mr Adamu Bulkachuwa a prominent card-carrying member of the All Progressive Congress and Senator-elect for Bauchi north senatorial district which was a political party involved in the suit.