Zainab Bulkachuwa, former president of the Court of Appeal and Wife of the ex-senator of Bauchi North, Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa, on Sunday, countered the remarks made by her husband at the valedictory session of the 9th Senate suggesting he influenced her judicial decisions in favour of his friends and colleagues.
It would be recalled that the former senator was seen in a video of the valedictory session implying he influenced his wife’s decisions while she was the President of the Appeal Court.
Reacting to the senator’s remarks, Mrs Bulkachuwa in a statement on Sunday, said she never compromised her oath of office in 40 years of service.
She said her decisions were always premised on evidence.
In her words, “My attention has been drawn to the trending video of what was said by my husband Senator Adamu M. Bulkachuwa.
“I want to state categorically that I never at any time compromised my oath of office to favour any party who appeared before me throughout my judicial career spanning 40 years of service to my country.
“My decisions were always based on the facts, the law and in accordance with my conscience and oath of office.”
She added that former “justices of the court can attest to the fact that I never interfered with the independence of any of the justices of the court in the discharge of their judicial functions”.
