Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa
Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa | |
|---|---|
| President of the Nigerian courts of appeals | |
| In office 17 April 2014 – 6 March 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 March 1950 |
| Party | Non 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
[edit]Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkacha OFR (Rtd) was born on 6 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
[edit]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
[edit]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]
[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][9]
Membership
[edit]- Member, Nigerian Bar Association
- Member, International Bar Association
- Member, Nigerian Body of Benchers
Retirement
[edit]Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa retired from active service on her 70th birthday, 6 March 2020[16] and a Valedictory Court Session In her Honor was held on the 5th of March 2020[17]
References
[edit]- ↑ Leadership Newspaper. "Bulkachuwa Becomes 1st Female Appeal Court President |". leadership.ng. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ↑ "The Task Before Bulkachuwa". This Day. Retrieved 28 April 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "First female Appeal Court president launches scholarships for Gombe girls". The Punch. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- 1 2 "Dailytrust News, Sports and Business, Politics | Dailytrust". Daily Trust. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ↑ "Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa: 1st Female President Of The Court Of Appeal | The Abusites". 2 May 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ↑ "I was married twice to supportive men - Justice Bulkachuwa". Vanguard. Lagos, Nigeria. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ↑ "Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa: 1st Female President Of The Court Of Appeal | The Abusites". 2 February 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ↑ "Gombe 2019: Justice Bulkachuwa's son submits governorship form". Premium Times. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- 1 2 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 26 March 2022
- ↑ "Court of Appeal, Nigeria - Home". courtofappeal.gov.ng. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ↑ "Senate Confirms Zainab Bulkachuwa As Appeal Court President". channelstv.com. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ↑ "Supreme Court dismisses ex-Gov. Sylva's suit against Gov. Dickson's election". today.ng. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ↑ "CJN Asks Court of Appeal Judges to Avoid Conflicting Judgments, Political Associations, Articles". This Day. Archived from the original on 24 March 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ↑ "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 26 March 2022.
- ↑ "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). 5 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2022.