A former Senator, Muhammed Bulkachuwa has filed a suit asking a Federal High in Abuja to stop the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) from investigating and arresting him over comments about influencing his wife’s judicial decisions.
Bulkachuwa, had during the valedictory session of the 9th Senate, said he interfered with the functions of his wife, former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, to assist some of his colleagues in the assembly.
But Bulkachuwa in a suit filed against the Attorney General of the Federation, the Clerk of the National Assembly, the Department of State Services, the ICPC, and the Nigeria Police Force wants judicial interpretation of constitution which confers immunity on him from any civil or criminal litigation in respect of any utterance he makes on the floor of the Senate in his capacity as a serving senator.
