According to him, even though the senator has come under a lot of criticism, the question to be asked is what really transpired and its magnitude.
The last has not been heard of the alleged confession video of Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa revealing how he influenced the decision of his wife, Justice Zainab to help his friends while she was serving as a President of the Court of Appeal.
Reacting to the video, human rights activist and lawyer, Professor Chidi Odinkalu, said if the senator’s confessions are really true, then the issue is beyond a scandal.
Odinkalu, who was featured on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said “A lot of reactions have been raised obviously about what he said on the floor of the Senate but the real issue is what actually transpired.
“If what he said actually did happen, it is beyond a scandal. The National Judicial Council met yesterday and somehow managed to wimp out on that particular episode, managing to say nothing about it.”
Also, the human rights lawyer as well reacted to the statement of the NBA president, Yakubu Maikyau, who had in a statement on Wednesday said the confession ”came with a huge negative impact on the integrity and the independence of the Judiciary can only be an understatement.”
While also reacting to the NBA President’s statement, Odinkalu said NBA chairman’s response was scandalous, arguing that he does not have the capacity to speak on behalf of the NJC.
He advanced that “The President of the Nigerian Bar Association then issued this scandalous statement in my view, in which he purported to speak on behalf of the National Judicial Council which he does not have to do not being the presiding officer nor the spokesperson.
“He is giving us a reported speech claiming that the National Judicial Council condemned what Senator Bulkachuwa did. But it is not clear what Senator Bulkachuwa did, what they are condemning.”