The NBA President, Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, OON, SAN, has called on the Inspector General of Police and the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), to immediately invite Senator Ahmad Muhammad Bulkachuwa for interrogation and proceed to prosecute him accordingly.
Mr. Maikyau made this call, during at the 102nd meeting of the National Judicial Council (NJC) held today, 14 June 2023.
Senator Bulkachuwa at the valedictory session of the 9th said, “I 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’m sure…
And 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…” According the NBA, “the 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.
That this came with a huge negative impact on the integrity and the independence of the Judiciary can only be an understatement.”