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The senator representing Bauchi North senatorial district, Sen. Adamu Bulkachuwa, has accused the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, the Department of State Services and others of colluding with his political enemies to harass him.
Bulkachuwa told Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, in a suit filed against the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), the Clerk of the National Assembly, and others.
In the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/895/2023 filed by his lawyer, Donald Ayibiowu, Bulkachuwa, a senator in the 9th National Assembly, also joined the State Security Service, also known as DSS, the ICPC and the Nigeria Police Force as defendants.
The ex-lawmaker, who is the husband of the immediate-past President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, said the ICPC and other security agencies had continued to harass him since his valedictory comment on the floor of the Senate, which his political enemies continued to misrepresent.
He cited the June 15 letter of invitation sent to him by the ICPC over his comment on the floor of the Senate, which many had misinterpreted to mean that he had influenced his wife’s handling of some cases while she was the president of the Court of Appeal.
But he argued that as a serving senator when he made the comment, he was, by law, immune to arrest or detention over any of his conduct, action or speech on the floor of the Senate.
In a supporting affidavit, he said he was freely expressing himself on the floor of the upper legislative chamber when the then Senate President, Ahmad Lawal, interjected and prevented him from completely expressing his thoughts.
He said he was neither questioned nor disciplined by the Senate for any wrongdoing.
Bulkachuwa stated that he was surprised…
