Weeks after the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab
Bulkachuwa recused herself from the presidential election panel
over allegations that she was involved by proxy, which queried her
moral standing, finding a replacement has been more difficult than
the initial composition of the panel.
It was bad enough that Justice Bulkachuwa could not by herself
tell it was morally wrong to be on the presidential judicial panel
knowing full well that the membership of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) by her senator husband and her son could colour
perceptions; it took several interventions before sound reasoning
could prevail, which forced her to recuse herself from the
panel.
Now, for the panel proceedings to progress as expected, a
replacement is imperative, yet, she has not deemed it fit to find
one.
This, again, is raising insinuations that she has probably not
found that one person, who could do the kind of ‘hatchet job’ she
would have done had she been on the panel.
That may not be true but her disposition has only lent credence
to it. Bulkachuwa needn’t wait any longer. A replacement is
urgently required for the panel to move on.
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