Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa

Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa
President of the Nigerian courts of appeals
In office
17 April 2014 – 6 March 2020
Personal details
Born (1950-03-06) 6 March 1950 (age 74)
Gombe State, Nigeria
Political partyNon partisian

Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa, OFR (born March 1950) is a Nigerian judge and former President of the Nigerian courts of appeal.[1][2]

She is the first female to be the President of the Nigerian court of appeal.[3]

Early life

Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkacha OFR (Rtd) was born on 6th March, 1950 to Alhaji Abubakar Gidado El-Nafaty and Hajiya Aishatu Dudu El-Nafaty.[4] An indigene of Nafada Local Government Area of Gombe State.

Education

She began her Primary Education at Tudun Wada Primary School in Kaduna and also attended Senior Primary School, in Kaduna - Kaduna State between 1957 in 1963, where she acquired her First School Leaving Certificate in 1963.[4] She later enrolled at Queen Elizabeth School in Ilorin - Kwara State where she obtained her West African School Certificate (WASC) in 1968. Honourable Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa proceeded to Abdullahi Bayero College Kano for her GCE ‘A’ Levels between 1971 and 1972 and in 1975 she obtained her LL.B (Hons) from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State. She then proceeded to the Nigerian Law School Bwari - Federal Capital Territory, Abuja between 1975 and 1976.[5]

Marital life

The former president court of appeal justice Zainab has married twice after the death of her first husband as she disclosed at valedictory court session done in her honour by the River state Governor Nyesom Wike.[6] She is currently married to a former senator who is also a member of APC, Senator Adamu Muhammad bulkachukwu[7] Justice Zainab's eldest son, Aliyu Haidar Abubakar is a youth activist based in Abuja contested for Gombe Governorship election in 2018[8]

Call to the bar

[9] She was Call to the bar in 1976 and was appointed to the bench of the Nigerian courts of appeals as Justice in 1998.[10] Prior to that appointment, she was a Judge at the High Court of Bauchi State.[11] She presided over the Sokoto State governorship election petition of 2007 and the suit in which Timipre Sylva's petition challenged the nomination of Seriake Dickson as the State flag-bearer of the Peoples' Democratic Party, a case that was dismissed by the Supreme Court of Nigeria.[12][13] On April 17, 2014, she was appointed as the first female president of the Nigerian courts of appeals by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, sworn in by Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, a former chief justice of Nigeria and who coincidentally is first female chief justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.[14][15][16]

Membership

Retirement

Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa retired from active service on her 70th birthday, 6th March 2020[17] and a Valedictory Court Session In her Honor was held on the 5th of March 2020[18]

References

  1. ^ Leadership Newspaper. "Bulkachuwa Becomes 1st Female Appeal Court President |". leadership.ng. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  2. ^ "The Task Before Bulkachuwa". thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  3. ^ "First female Appeal Court president launches scholarships for Gombe girls". Punch Newspapers. 2022-03-17. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  4. ^ a b "Dailytrust News, Sports and Business, Politics | Dailytrust". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  5. ^ "Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa: 1st Female President Of The Court Of Appeal | The Abusites". 2021-05-02. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
  6. ^ "I was married twice to supportive men - Justice Bulkachuwa". Vanguard News. 2020-02-08. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  7. ^ "Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa: 1st Female President Of The Court Of Appeal | The Abusites". 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  8. ^ "Gombe 2019: Justice Bulkachuwa's son submits governorship form". 2018-09-16. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  9. ^ Islam, Mahmuda (2014), "Women, Politics and Patriarchy: A Case of Bangladesh", Women, Political Struggles and Gender Equality in South Asia, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 238–253, doi:10.1057/9781137390578_15, ISBN 978-1-349-48267-2, retrieved 2022-03-26
  10. ^ "Court of Appeal, Nigeria - Home". courtofappeal.gov.ng. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  11. ^ "Senate Confirms Zainab Bulkachuwa As Appeal Court President". channelstv.com. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  12. ^ "Breaking News: Supreme Court dismisses Timipre Sylva's case against PDP, Bayelsa governor - Premium Times Nigeria". premiumtimesng.com. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  13. ^ "Supreme Court dismisses ex-Gov. Sylva's suit against Gov. Dickson's election". today.ng. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  14. ^ "CJN Asks Court of Appeal Judges to Avoid Conflicting Judgments, Political Associations, Articles". thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  15. ^ "Breaking: Jonathan appoints Zainab Bulkachuwa as Court of Appeal President - Premium Times Nigeria". premiumtimesng.com. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  16. ^ Islam, Mahmuda (2014), "Women, Politics and Patriarchy: A Case of Bangladesh", Women, Political Struggles and Gender Equality in South Asia, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 238–253, doi:10.1057/9781137390578_15, ISBN 978-1-349-48267-2, retrieved 2022-03-26
  17. ^ "The Valedictory Court Session in Honour of Honorable Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa, CFR, President of the Court of Appeal and Honorable Justice Chinwe Eugenia Iyizoba, Justice of the Court of Appeal". nigerianbar.org.ng. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  18. ^ "VP Osinbajo Graces The Valedictory Court Session In Honor Of Hon. Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa, President Of Court Of Appeal On 05/03/2020". Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN). 2020-03-05. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
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