{"id":106179,"date":"2023-07-18T02:18:48","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T01:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=106179"},"modified":"2023-07-18T02:18:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T01:18:48","slug":"bulkachuwa-cant-be-arrested-investigated-nass-clerk-tells-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/bulkachuwa-cant-be-arrested-investigated-nass-clerk-tells-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulkachuwa can\u2019t be arrested, investigated, NASS Clerk tells court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The National Assembly (NASS) Clerk, Magaji Tambuwal, has told a Federal High Court, Abuja that Sen. Adamu Bulkachuwa enjoyed parliamentary immunity from any form of proceedings in respect of words spoken or written at the plenary session.<\/p>\n<p>Tambuwal told Justice Inyang Ekwo in a counter affidavit filed in response to Bulkachuwa\u2019s suit.<\/p>\n<p>Pointblanknews com reports that Bulkachuwa had sued the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), the NASS clerk, State Security Service, Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) and the Nigeria Police Force as 1st to 5th defendants respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiff asked the court to declare that he \u201cis covered, privileged and protected by the parliamentary immunity as enshrined in Section 1 of the Legislative Houses (Powers and Privileges) Act 2017 and freedom of speech and expression made thereto is privileged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also prayed the court to declare that without exhausting the internal disciplinary mechanism, recommendations and approval of the 9th House of Senate, no other law enforcement agent of the Federal Government, including the defendants can invite any member of the Senate for questioning\/interview and or for any disciplinary purposes in relation to the plaintiff\u2019s privileged inchoate expression\/statement\/speeches made on the floor of the Nigeria House of Senate at the valedictory session.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, in his application marked: FHC\/ABJ\/CS\/895\/2023 and filed by his lawyer, Charles Yoila, the clerk averred that as at the time Bulkachuwa made what he referred to as the inchoate statement, \u201che still enjoyed all the privileges and immunities of a legislator under the Nigerian Laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat the congressional immunity recognised by the Senate Standing Orders 2022 (as amended) recognises the privileges granted to senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to exempt them from arrest or questioning for any speech or debate entered into during a legislative house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The clerk, however, argued that Bulkachuwa had no cause of action against him (2nd defendant) to warrant the institution of the suit against him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat the plaintiff was not cut short and\/or gaged by the 2nd defendant when he was making his valedictory speech while a sitting senator in the 9th National Assembly as the 2nd defendant was not presiding over plenary on that day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Ekwo adjourned the matter until July 27 for hearing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Bulkachuwa had, during a valedictory session of the 9th Assembly, disclosed that his wife, former Court of Appeal President, Justice Zainab, \u201caccepted my encroachment, and extended her help to my colleagues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the viral video clip on June 12, he said his wife assisted his colleagues at the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I must thank particularly, my 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did my best and in most cases I succeeded,\u201d Bulkachuwa had said, while the then Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, tried interjecting him.<\/p>\n<p>But his wife, now a retired justice, debunked the comments saying she never favoured any party during her time as a judge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Assembly (NASS) Clerk, Magaji Tambuwal, has told a Federal High Court, Abuja that Sen. 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