Secretariat workers at the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have called on the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa to recuse herself from Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal.
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The workers, who staged a protest at the party’s Abuja national secretariat on Monday, called on Bulkachuwa to withdraw from the tribunal on moral grounds.
According to them, with her husband as senator-elect on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bulkachuwa cannot maintain neutrality as head of the tribunal.
The workers’ call is coming against the backdrop of the ongoing election petition filed by the presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar challenging the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari of the APC in the February 23 presidential election.
Some of the placards displayed by the workers read, “Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa: You cannot preside over your own case, your husband is a senator-elect under the APC; “Justice is not for the most powerful, it must be seen to be right and done; and “On moral grounds, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa recuse yourself from the presidential tribunal”.
The workers maintained that the inclusion of Bulkachuwa in the panel of jurists has eroded their confidence in the tribunal.
The chairman of the PDP Staff Welfare Association, Mr. Innocent Nwankwo who led the workers’ protest, insisted that Atiku Awon the February 23 presidential election but that he was robbed of victory by the ruling party.
Nwankwo also accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of bias in the conduct of the election, adding that Atiku cannot reclaim his mandate as long as Justice Bulkachuwa remained a member of the tribunal.
They vowed never to allow some individuals in the country to hijack the collective will of majority of Nigerians, adding that Nigerians are tired of the “misrule” of the APC and its presidential candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari.
Nwankwo said, “We are tired of the state of insecurity in the country; we are tired of the poor state of our economy; we are tired of this nepotic government; we are tired of the situation where majority of our citizens are living in lDP camps as if we are in a state of war. Nigerians are tired”.
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