The embattled President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa has recused herself from participating or chairing the 2019 Presidential Election Petition Tribunal based on personal reasons, this was made know to us via the People Democratic Party PDP and the outcome of the Tribunal Today.
However, the APC lead counsel, Chief Olanikpekun, SAN, at the end of his arguments actually agreed with the PDP that Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa should disqualify herself from the Tribunal and step aside.
While the PDP stood its grounds based on Justice Bulkachuwa’s culpable affiliation to the APC by virtue of her husband and son’s membership of the Party, the APC and INEC based their arguments on conventions and gender of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa to disqualify herself from the Presidential Tribunal. Parties from both sides deliberated in open court on reasons why she should recuse herself from charing the Presidential Tribunal.
