Adamu Bulkachuwa, a former senator, filed a suit at the federal high court in Abuja seeking to stop the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) from investigating him.
the former senator, while speaking at the 9th senate valedictory session, said Zainab Bulkachuwa, his wife, used her position as a judge to favour his colleagues in the red chamber.Bulkachuwa’s comments sparked outrage, with many Nigerians calling for investigations into his claim.Bulkachuwa’s claim, saying she never compromised her office on partisan grounds.
Bulkachuwa was scheduled to appear at the ICPC office on July 6 but he filed a suit to stop the invitation before the scheduled date.It was learnt that the counsel of the former senator had given the commission a commitment that his client would honour the July 6 date. He also asked the court to interpret section 1 of the legislative houses Act 2017, which confers immunity on him from any civil or criminal litigation in respect of any utterance he makes on the floor of the upper chamber.
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